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Born September 20, 1759 • Paris • France
Died April 5, 1794 (aged 34) • Paris • France
Political Affiliation Jacobin Club • Montagnard
Role In French Revolution

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Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Colored engraving showing a crowd of revolutionaries storming the Bastille fortress, with smoke and flames rising from a building, during the French Revolution on July 14, 1789.
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