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| name = Auguste Vaillant<br />
| image = Vaillant-face.jpg<br />
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| caption = Auguste Vaillant<br />
| birth_date = 27 December 1861<br />
| birth_place = [[Charleville-Mézières|Mézières]], Ardennes, France<br />
| death_date = 5 February 1894 (aged 32)<br />
| death_place = Paris, France<br />
| death_cause = [[Execution by guillotine]]<br />
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[[File:Auguste Vaillant execution.jpg|thumb|upright|Vaillant about to be guillotined]]<br />
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'''Auguste Vaillant''' (27 December 1861 – 5 February 1894) was a French [[Anarchism|anarchist]], most famous for his bomb attack on the French [[Chamber of Deputies of France|Chamber of Deputies]] on 9 December 1893.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1894/02/06/archives/the-guillotines-sure-work-details-of-the-execution-of-vaillant-the.html The Guillotine's Sure Work; Details of the Execution of Vaillant, the Anarchist]", ''[[The New York Times]]'', 1984-02-06.</ref> The government's reaction to this attack was the passing of the infamous repressive ''[[Lois scélérates]]''.<br />
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Vaillant threw the home-made device from the public gallery and was immediately arrested. The weakness of the device meant that the explosion only caused slight injuries to twenty deputies.<ref>[http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/VaillantAuguste.htm The Anarchist Encyclopedia – Auguste Vaillant entry] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123215947/http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/VaillantAuguste.htm |date=23 January 2008 }}</ref> At his trial in Paris he was defended by [[Fernand Labori]]. Vaillant claimed that his aim was not to kill but to wound as many deputies as possible in revenge for the execution of [[Ravachol]]. Despite this, Vaillant was sentenced to death. He was put to death by the [[guillotine]] on 5 February 1894.<br />
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His bombing and execution in turn inspired the attacks of [[Émile Henry (anarchist)|Émile Henry]] and [[Sante Geronimo Caserio]] (who stabbed to death [[Marie François Sadi Carnot]], President of the [[French Third Republic]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldman|first=Emma|authorlink=Emma Goldman|title=[[Living My Life]]|year=1970|edition=reprint|page=[https://archive.org/details/livingmylife02gold/page/152 152]|isbn=0486225437}}</ref> and [[Bhagat Singh]] (who threw a low-intensity bomb into the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] in [[British India]], and was hanged later). Vaillant's last words were "Death to the Bourgeoisie! Long live Anarchy!"<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080123215947/http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/VaillantAuguste.htm Auguste Valliant Page] at the Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia<br />
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