Why Famous:One of the most revolutionary voices of the French Revolution, Marat published the Friend of the People periodical in which he vigorously defended the 'Sans-culottes' or lower class people in France.
Marat was murdered by Charlotte Corday while taking a medicinal bath, as shown in the famous Jacques-Louis David painting, The Death of Marat.
Died: July 13, 1793 (aged 50) Cause of Death: Stabbing
Events in the Life of Jean-Paul Marat
1789-09-12 Jean-Paul Marat publishes the first issue of his radical newspaper Le Publiciste parisien, later called L'Ami du peuple (The Friend of the People) in Paris
1793-04-24 French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris
1794-09-21 Jean-Paul Marat's remains are transferred to the Panthéon in Paris, with the eulogy given by the Marquis de Sade
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