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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert-François Damiens has received more than 1,072,903 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Robert-François Damiens is the 84th most popular extremist (down from 76th in 2019), the 1,646th most popular biography from France (down from 1,464th in 2019) and the 6th 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 84 out of 283. Before him are Emperor Norton, Wadie Haddad, Matija Gubec, James Earl Ray, Vincenzo Peruggia, and Armin Meiwes. After him are Sada Abe, Anders Behring Breivik, Susan Atkins, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Fritz Honka, and Nedeljko Čabrinović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Robert-François Damiens ranks 5. Before him are Peter II of Russia, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues. After him are Charles, Prince of Soubise, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Dorothea Erxleben, Ewald Christian von Kleist, and Christian Fürchtegott Gellert. Among people deceased in 1757, Robert-François Damiens ranks 10. Before him are René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Rosalba Carriera, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Johann Stamitz, and Siraj ud-Daulah. After him are 7th Dalai Lama, David Hartley, Amursana, Bulleh Shah, Antoine Pesne, and Edward Vernon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert-François Damiens ranks 1,646 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874), and Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914). After him are Germaine Dulac (1882), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Charlotte Perriand (1903), Thibaud Gaudin (1229), Felix of Valois (1127), and Jacques Dutronc (1943).

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Among EXTREMISTS In France

Among extremists born in France, Robert-François Damiens ranks 6. Before him are Gilles de Rais (1405), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Michel Fourniret (1942), Henri Désiré Landru (1869), and Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409). After him are Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), Yvan Colonna (1960), and Zacarias Moussaoui (1968).

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