Assassinated

Image from  My Modern Met . "The Death of Marat" painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1793. On July 13, 1793, Jean Paul Marat was assassinated.      The French Revolution began in 1789; a revolution that Jean Paul Marat was heavily involved in. Marat encouraged the 1792 September massacres and other instances of revolutionary violence through his newspaper "L'Ami du Peuple" ("The Friend of the People"). In 1792, Marat was elected to the National Convention and was a key organizer of the Reign of Terror, in which he attempted to eliminate those he felt were a threat to the revolution.      Jean Paul Marat suffered from a persistent skin condition, and was in overall poor health, causing him to be largely confined to his bathtub, in which he soaked to ease the irritation. It was here that Marat met his end.       Charlotte Corday, a member of the Girondin party (the rival political faction of the Jacobins, to which Marat was involve...

                                              Image from  Wikimedia Commons . "King Gustav III of Sweden" painted by Alexander Roslin in 1771                                              On March 16, 1792, King Gustav III was assassinated.     An enlightened despot, King Gustav III of Sweden made several reforms to improve the state of his nation and the lives of his subjects. Among other changes made during his rule, taxes on peasants were reduced, rights were extended to Catholics and Jews, capital punishment was limited, and the Swedish Academy and Royal Swedish Opera were founded. The king also made strides to reduce the power of the nobility, and removed their control of alcohol sales; this angered the...