Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday was a Norman noblewoman and Girondist sympathiser who assassinated Jean-Paul Marat in his medicinal bath on 13 July 1793, believing his death would end the Terror and save the Republic from radical tyranny. She acted entirely alone, travelled to Paris from Caen, and made no attempt to flee after the act, telling her interrogators she had 'killed one man to save a hundred thousand'. She was guillotined four days after the assassination, and her calm demeanour at execution impressed even hostile observers.
- Lived: 1768 CE – 1793 CE
- Nationality: french
- Roles: assassin, Girondist sympathiser
