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French fanatic
1715 - Robert-Francois Damiens was born on the 9th of January in La Tieuloy, France.
He became a menial in the college of the Jesuits in Paris, and was dismissed.
1757 - On the 5th of January, he attempted to assassin of Louis XV.
- Condemned as a regicide, and sentenced to be torn in pieces by horses in the Place de Grève.
- He was tortured and executed on 28th of March in Paris, France
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