Georges Danton

Georges Jacques Danton was a leading figure in the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to governmental responsibilities as the French Minister of Justice following the fall of the monarchy on the tenth of August 1792, and was allegedly responsible for inciting the September Massacres. He was tasked by the National Convention to intervene in the military conquest of Belgium led by French General Dumouriez. And in the Spring of 1793, he supported the foundation of a Revolutionary Tribunal and became the first president of the Committee of Public Safety.

26 October 1759

Born on the same birth day (26 October): Florence Nagle • Henrietta Hill Swope • Hot Rod Hundley • Jakub Rzeźniczak • Jan Wolkers • Karin Boye • Ken Rutherford (cricketer) • Louis Bastien (cyclist) • Marco Ruben • Martina Schild • Miguel I of Portugal • Primo Carnera • Robert Hinde • Runar Schildt • Toby Harrah • Trevor Joyce • Zdenko Runjić

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