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Jean-Baptiste Carrier

1756 - 1794

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Jean-Baptiste Carrier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist kaʁje]; 16 March 1756 – 16 December 1794) was a French Revolutionary and politician most notable for his actions in the War in the Vendée during the Reign of Terror. While under orders to suppress a Royalist counter-revolution, he commanded the execution of 4,000 civilians, mainly priests, women and children in Nantes, some by drowning in the river Loire, which Carrier described as "the National Bathtub." After the fall of the Robespierre government, Carrier was tried for war crimes by the Revolutionary Tribunal, found guilty, and executed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Carrier is the 6,543rd most popular politician (down from 5,036th in 2019), the 1,884th most popular biography from France (down from 1,537th in 2019) and the 454th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean-Baptiste Carrier ranks 6,543 out of 19,576. Before him are Denys Shmyhal, Flavius Bauto, Muazzez Sultan, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Emperor Wu of Song, and Peter Pellegrini. After him are Abdul Rahim Hatif, Enrico Letta, Sergei Bagapsh, Huo Guang, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, and Manuel Ávila Camacho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Jean-Baptiste Carrier ranks 13. Before him are Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Aaron Burr, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, and Louis Henri, Prince of Condé. After him are Joseph Martin Kraus, Abbé Faria, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Wojciech Żywny, James Gillray, and Ernst Chladni. Among people deceased in 1794, Jean-Baptiste Carrier ranks 28. Before him are Sheikh Mansur, Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gottfried August Bürger, James Lind, and Henri de la Rochejaquelein. After him are Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Jacques Roux, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, and Fabre d'Églantine.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Carrier ranks 1,884 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753), Lucas (null), Jacques Ellul (1912), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713), Jean Dujardin (1972), and Guibert of Nogent (1055). After him are Jacques Amyot (1513), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Oronce Finé (1494), Eva Green (1980), Max Decugis (1882), and Henry Corbin (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jean-Baptiste Carrier ranks 454. Before him are Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612), Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718), Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933), Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814), and Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753). After him are Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604), Phillipe de Plessis (1165), Herleva (1003), Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725), and Guy Mollet (1905).

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