Auguste Vaillant | |
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![]() Auguste Vaillant | |
Born | 27 December 1861 Mézières, Ardennes, France |
Died | 5 February 1894 (aged 32) Paris, France |
Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
Auguste Vaillant (27 December 1861 – 5 February 1894) was a French anarchist known for his bomb attack on the French Chamber of Deputies on 9 December 1893.[1] The French government's reaction to this attack was the passing of the infamous repressive Lois scélérates, three French laws passed from 1893 to 1894 which restricted freedom of the press.