Charlotte Corday was guillotined for assassinating the radical revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat on July 13, 1793. She believed that by killing Marat, who was inciting violence and chaos during the French Revolution, she could save France from further bloodshed. Corday was arrested shortly after the murder, and during her trial, she expressed her conviction that her actions were justified for the sake of peace. Ultimately, she was sentenced to death and executed on July 17, 1793.
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