Santerre, Antoine Joseph

Santerre, Antoine Joseph, a popular wealthy brewer, born in Paris; assisted at the fall of the Bastille; played a conspicuous part during the Revolution; became commander of the National Guard in 1792; proposed as a relief in famine that every citizen should live two days a week on potatoes, and that every man should hang his dog; conducted King Louis into the judgment, holding him by the arm; with a stamp of his foot ordered him to mount the guillotine; failed in quelling the insurrection in La Vendée, and was recalled; was made brigadier-general by Napoleon as a reward for keeping the peace which he would fain have disturbed on the 18th Brumaire in 1797 (1752-1809).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Santander * Santiago
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Santa-Anna, Antonio de
Santa Claus
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Santa Fé
Santals
Santander
Santerre, Antoine Joseph
Santiago
Santiago de Compostella
Santiago de Cuba
Santley, Charles
Santorin
São Francisco
São Paulo
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