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Robert-François Damiens

1715 - 1757

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Robert-François Damiens (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa damjɛ̃]; surname also recorded as Damier, [damje]; 9 January 1715 – 28 March 1757) was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 culminated in his public execution. He was the last person to be executed in France by dismemberment, the traditional form of death penalty reserved for regicides. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert-François Damiens is the 38th most popular extremist (up from 84th in 2019), the 884th most popular biography from France (up from 1,647th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Extremist.

Robert-François Damiens was most famous for being the first person to be executed by drawing and quartering in France.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Robert-François Damiens ranks 38 out of 283. Before him are Frank Sheeran, Cleon, Charles Ponzi, Anders Behring Breivik, John Hinckley Jr., and H. H. Holmes. After him are Luis Carrero Blanco, Timothy McVeigh, Otto Ohlendorf, Andreas Baader, Issei Sagawa, and Peter Kürten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Robert-François Damiens ranks 3. Before him are Peter II of Russia, and Claude Adrien Helvétius. After him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, William Watson, Dorothea Erxleben, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Charles, Prince of Soubise, and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau. Among people deceased in 1757, Robert-François Damiens ranks 8. Before him are Osman III, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, and Rosalba Carriera. After him are Johann Stamitz, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Siraj ud-Daulah, David Hartley, 7th Dalai Lama, and Antoine Pesne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert-François Damiens ranks 884 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Froissart (1337), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), Antoine Galland (1646), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804), and Claude Chappe (1763). After him are Louis the Blind (880), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), Vincent Cassel (1966), Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Sigismund of Burgundy (500), and Frédéric Bastiat (1801).

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Among EXTREMISTS In France

Among extremists born in France, Robert-François Damiens ranks 2. Before him are Gilles de Rais (1405). After him are Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Michel Fourniret (1942), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), Zacarias Moussaoui (1968), and Yvan Colonna (1960).

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