About Joseph Delaunay
Lived 1752 – 1794 (aged 41). Joseph Delaunay was a French politician.
Joseph Delaunay (24 December 1752, Angers – 5 April 1794, Paris) was a French deputy.
He was national commissar at the Tribunal of Angers and, in 1791, he was elected as a deputy to the Legislative Assembly by the département of Maine-et-Loire. In 1792, he was re-elected as deputy to the National Convention by the same département. He was tried for corruption in the affair of the liquidation of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales, condemned to death and guillotined on 16 germinal year II (5 April 1794).
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Who was Joseph Delaunay?
French politician (1752-1794)
When was Joseph Delaunay born?
Joseph Delaunay was born on 24 December 1752 in Angers.
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Joseph Delaunay died on 5 April 1794 in Paris.
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Joseph Delaunay was a politician.
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Joseph Delaunay was French.
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