About Jean-Baptiste Michonis
Lived 1735 – 1794 (aged 58–59). Jean-Baptiste Michonis was a French police officer and major Penitentiary.
Jean-Baptiste Michonis (1735 – 17 June 1794) was a personality of the French Revolution. Originally a producer of lemonade, he became a member of the Commune de Paris, inspector of prisons and chief of police. He participated in the "complot de l'œillet", a failed attempt to rescue Marie-Antoinette organised by Jean, Baron de Batz, and for this was guillotined in what is now the Place de la Nation. He was buried in the cimetière de Picpus.
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French chief of police
When was Jean-Baptiste Michonis born?
Jean-Baptiste Michonis was born in 1735 in Paris.
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Jean-Baptiste Michonis died on 17 June 1794 in Paris.
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Jean-Baptiste Michonis was a police officer and major Penitentiary.
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Jean-Baptiste Michonis was French.
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