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On July 13, 1793, Mara, one of the main leaders of the Jacobins during the French Revolution, died
On this day, 232 years ago, on July 13, 1793 (June 6, 1793 in the lunar calendar), Mara, one of the main leaders of the Jacobins during the French Revolution, passed away. Ma Ramallah, Jean-Paul Marat (1743.5.24~1793.7.13) French politician, doctor, and democratic revolutionary during the French Revolution. Born on May 24, 1743, to a designer family in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In 1759, he went to France to study medicine. From 1765 to 1776, he went to the Netherlands and England to practice medicine. Received a medical doctorate from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Mara returned to France in 1776 and the following year was hired as a private guard doctor for the Count of Artois, brother of King Louis XIV. In addition to doing medical and physics research, he also pays close attention to the political situation in France. In 1780, the "Plan for Criminal Legislation" was published and was banned by the authorities. He resigned as a doctor in 1783. After the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789, Mara went into battle. The newspaper he founded,"Friends of the People"(originally known as the "Paris Political Commentator"), became a voice in support of radical democratic measures. It was suspended several times, and nearly 1000 issues were published on September 21, 1792. Mara fought against political persecution, poverty and disease with astonishing perseverance, and almost alone undertook all the work of writing, editing, publishing, etc., and was known as the "friend of the people." He violently criticized the moderate policies of the constitutional monarchy in power, called for the establishment of a democratic system, the elimination of the social situation of the gap between rich and poor, opposed the rule of the rich, and respected the status of the poor. Mara is an important member of the Cordelier Club and the Jacobin Club. During the People's Uprising in Paris on August 10, 1792, he became one of the leaders of the Paris Commune and was later elected a representative of the National Convention. Advocate reform and implement progressive income tax. After the founding of the First French Republic, the newspaper "Friends of the People" changed its name to "La Française". He fiercely opposed Girondinist rule. In early April 1793, Mara, in his capacity as chairman of the Jacobin headquarters, issued a general order to organize an indictment movement across the country. In 1794, he was handed over to the court for trial by the Girondins and was later acquitted. After the Jacobins came to power in June 1793, Mara emphasized the need to establish a revolutionary dictatorship and establish freedom through violence. On July 13, 1793, Mara was assassinated at his residence in Paris by C. Cordet, a Girondintian supporter disguised as a revolutionary. Mara's death shook the whole of France. On July 16, the people of Paris held a solemn funeral for Mara. The National Convention decided to give him the honor of being promoted to the "Pantheon". According to "Lolita", he was assassinated in the bathtub by a young and beautiful girl. It was inferred that the situation at that time may have been that a radical female student came to his house to discuss issues related to his revolutionary cause and ideals. As a result, she was very embarrassed to see him in the bathtub. Then Mara saw that the girl came uninvited and made a fuss. As a result, the girl was furious and killed him. A large number of political, literary and scientific works written by Mara were published posthumously as "Selected Works of Mara" and "Collected Works of Mara". Comments: Is the revolutionary leader dead in the bathtub careless or ironic?


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