René-Gaston Baco de La Chapelle (28 April 1751,
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
– 29 November 1800,
Guadeloupe
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) was a French lawyer and politician, deputy for
Loire-Inférieure from 1789 to 1791 and mayor of Nantes in 1792–1793, notably during the
Battle of Nantes in June 1793.
Life
Honours
*A marble bust of René-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle, made by Amédée Ménard, can be seen inside the
Hôtel de Ville in Nantes.
See also
*The French Revolution by
Jules Michelet
Jules Michelet (; 21 August 1798 – 9 February 1874) was a French historian and writer. He is best known for his multivolume work ''Histoire de France'' (History of France). Michelet was influenced by Giambattista Vico; he admired Vico's emphas ...
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Pierre-Mathurin Gillet
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War in the Vendée
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Mayor of Nantes
Bibliography
*Alexandre Perthuis and Stéphane de La Nicollière-Teijeiro, Le Livre doré de l’hôtel-de-ville de Nantes, Volume II, Imprimerie Grinsard, 1873, pages 32–35. (English:* Alexandre Perthuis and Stéphane de La Nicolliere-Teijeiro, The Golden Book of the City Hall of Nantes, Volume II, Imprimerie Grinsard, 1873, pages 32–35.)
1751 births
1800 deaths
Members of the National Constituent Assembly (France)
Members of the Council of Five Hundred
Mayors of Nantes
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