murder of Jean-Paul Marat
E76893
The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats | 1 |
| murder of Jean-Paul Marat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T606197 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: murder of Jean-Paul Marat Context triple: [The Death of Marat, depictsEvent, murder of Jean-Paul Marat]
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Champ de Mars Massacre
The Champ de Mars Massacre was a pivotal 1791 incident during the French Revolution in which troops fired on republican demonstrators in Paris, sharply deepening political divisions and radicalizing the revolutionary movement.
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The Death of Marat
The Death of Marat is a 1793 Neoclassical painting by Jacques-Louis David that dramatically depicts the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub, becoming an iconic image of the French Revolution.
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Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was a radical French revolutionary leader, journalist, and politician known for his fiery writings in L'Ami du peuple and his role in inciting popular violence during the French Revolution.
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D.
Massacre of Vassy
The Massacre of Vassy was a 1562 attack by French Catholic troops on Huguenot worshippers that sparked open civil war and is widely seen as the event that ignited the French Wars of Religion.
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E.
September Massacres
The September Massacres were a wave of brutal killings of prisoners in Paris in early September 1792, reflecting the radicalization and violent popular justice that marked a turning point in the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: murder of Jean-Paul Marat Target entity description: The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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A.
Champ de Mars Massacre
The Champ de Mars Massacre was a pivotal 1791 incident during the French Revolution in which troops fired on republican demonstrators in Paris, sharply deepening political divisions and radicalizing the revolutionary movement.
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B.
The Death of Marat
The Death of Marat is a 1793 Neoclassical painting by Jacques-Louis David that dramatically depicts the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub, becoming an iconic image of the French Revolution.
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C.
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was a radical French revolutionary leader, journalist, and politician known for his fiery writings in L'Ami du peuple and his role in inciting popular violence during the French Revolution.
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D.
Massacre of Vassy
The Massacre of Vassy was a 1562 attack by French Catholic troops on Huguenot worshippers that sparked open civil war and is widely seen as the event that ignited the French Wars of Religion.
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E.
September Massacres
The September Massacres were a wave of brutal killings of prisoners in Paris in early September 1792, reflecting the radicalization and violent popular justice that marked a turning point in the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination
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historical event ⓘ political killing ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
Marat’s body honored at the Panthéon (later removed)
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widespread revolutionary propaganda using Marat’s image ⓘ |
| hasArtHistoricalSignificance | subject of one of the most famous political paintings in Western art ⓘ |
| hasCountry | France ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDepiction | The Death of Marat ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDepictionCreator | Jacques-Louis David ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDepictionForm | painting ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDepictionGenre |
Neoclassical art
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linked to:
Neoclassicism
|
| hasDate | 13 July 1793 ⓘ |
| hasExecutionDate | 17 July 1793 ⓘ |
| hasExecutionLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| hasExecutionMethod | guillotine ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | French Revolution ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | iconic event of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| hasImmediateConsequence |
arrest of Charlotte Corday
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death of Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ |
| hasLegalOutcome |
execution of Charlotte Corday
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trial of Charlotte Corday ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Marat’s residence
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Paris ⓘ |
| hasLocationDetail | bathtub ⓘ |
| hasMediaContext |
L’Ami du peuple
ⓘ
linked to:
L'Ami du peuple
|
| hasMethod | stabbing ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
political opposition to radical Jacobins
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support for Girondins ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator | Charlotte Corday ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorBackground | Girondin sympathizer ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorOrigin | Normandy ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorStatement | I killed one man to save a hundred thousand ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorTactic | gaining access by claiming to reveal a plot ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext | Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalImpact |
intensification of revolutionary repression
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strengthening of radical Jacobins ⓘ |
| hasPrecedingCondition |
Marat’s habit of working in a bathtub
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Marat’s skin disease ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicMeaning |
conflict between Girondins and Jacobins
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martyrdom of the Revolution ⓘ |
| hasTargetRole |
journalist
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member of the National Convention ⓘ radical revolutionary leader ⓘ |
| hasVictim | Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ |
| hasWeapon | knife ⓘ |
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Subject: murder of Jean-Paul Marat Description of subject: The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: murder of Jean-Paul Marat