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    Georges Jacques Danton (French: [ʒɔʁʒ dɑ̃tɔ̃]; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure in the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer...
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    Gabrielle Danton (née Charpentier; (c. 1762 – 10 February 1793) was the first wife of the French Revolutionary leader Georges Jacques Danton. Antoinette...
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    Revolutionists including considerably influential figures Georges Jacques Danton and Jacques Pierre Brissot. The Mountain was composed mainly of members...
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    November 1793) Madame du Barry (8 December 1793) Jacques Hébert (24 March 1794) Georges Jacques Danton (April 5, 1794) Camille Desmoulins (April 5, 1794)...
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  • Danton (French pronunciation: [dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a 1983 French-language film depicting the last weeks of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution...
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    Edme-Aubin Collin and Marie-Anne Danton, the sister of Georges-Jacques Danton who was executed the year after Jacques was born. He later added the aristocratic...
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  • she starred in Andrzej Wajda's Danton as Louison Danton, the young wife of revolutionary figure Georges Jacques Danton, played by Gérard Depardieu. She...
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    sanctuary where liberty has not been violated". Under the leadership of Georges Danton, this district had played a significant role in the Storming of the...
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    opposed to the old regime policies. Tall and handsome, he befriended Georges-Jacques Danton and they shared the expensive lifestyle, supported in part by government...
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    Desmoulins. She was executed eight days after Camille Desmoulins and Georges Danton, accused of conspiring to free her husband and involvement in counter-revolutionary...
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    "Well, it's going to be a tough day." During the French Revolution, Georges-Jacques Danton, who had facial scars from smallpox, when he was about to be beheaded...
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    the date is the date of death: François Chabot (April 5, 1794) Georges Jacques Danton (April 5, 1794) Camille Desmoulins (April 5, 1794) Philippe Fabre...
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  • womaniser Georges Jacques Danton and street urchin Charlotte who mock the King and the royals (Au Palais-Royal, At the Palais-Royal). When Danton introduces...
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    Manifesto on 25 July) a new revolutionary Commune, led by Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins and Jacques Hébert took possession of the Hôtel de Ville. Antoine...
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    September Massacres (category Georges Danton)
    Champs de Mars. On 2 September, around 1:00 pm, Minister of Justice Georges Danton delivered a speech in the assembly, stating: "We ask that anyone refusing...
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  • un patriote lors de la prise de la Bastille Vincent Deniard as Georges Jacques Danton Jean-Charles Clichet as Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve Julia Artamonov...
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    prelude to the annexation of Belgium by France. This was demanded by Georges Jacques Danton on January 21, 1793, justifying that "the limits of France are marked...
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    follows the story of Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, during the lull between the first and second terrors. Georges Danton created the office...
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    much of the authority of the moderate Girondins. At this point, although Danton and Hérault de Séchelles both served one more term each as Presidents of...
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  • Danton is a 1932 French historical drama film directed by André Roubaud and starring Jacques Grétillat, Andrée Ducret and Jacques Dumesnil. It depicts...
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    he is sometimes confused, was also a deputy to the states-general. Georges Danton named him minister of justice in 1792, and in this capacity entrusted...
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    Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre. French literature in the 18th century offered...
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    de Troyes, writer Urbain IV, Pope Georges Jacques Danton, Revolutionary Martin-Pierre Gauthier, Architect Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert, Painter...
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  • Antoine Duranton, April–July, 1792 Étienne Dejoly, July–August, 1792 Georges Jacques Danton, August–October, 1792 Dominique Joseph Garat, 1792–1793 Louis Gohier...
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    CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Dwyer, Frank (1987). Georges Jacques Danton. Internet Archive. New York : Chelsea House. ISBN 978-0-87754-519-4...
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    revolutionary Georges Danton in the French Revolution of 1789 to 1794. At the end of his life Gronlund regarded this 1887 work, Ça Ira! or Danton in the French...
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    much of the authority of the moderate Girondins. At this point, although Danton and Hérault de Séchelles both served one more term each as Presidents of...
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    a small exhibit on the northbound platform that is dedicated to Georges Jacques Danton; it includes a bust of the French revolutionary, and a copy of the...
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    lawyer and a major figure in the French Revolution. A close associate of Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre, he was one of the most militant members...
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    Arcis-sur-Aube Town Hall The Festival Hall Arcis-sur-Aube in 1897 Georges Jacques Danton, was born 26 October 1759 in Arcis-sur-Aube to a respectable though...
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