Auguste Vaillant

Auguste Vaillant
Auguste Vaillant
Born27 December 1861
Mézières, Ardennes, France
Died5 February 1894 (aged 32)
Paris, France
Cause of deathExecution by guillotine
Vaillant about to be guillotined

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.

  1. ^ "The Guillotine's Sure Work; Details of the Execution of Vaillant, the Anarchist", The New York Times, 1984-02-06.