See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• ROBERT FRANCOIS DAMIENS (1715-1757)

DAMIENS (1715-1757)  , a Frenchman who attained notoriety by his attack on See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XV. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 1757, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in a See also:

• VILLAGE

village near See also:

• ARRAS

Arras in 1715, and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early enlisted in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . After his See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge, he became a See also:

• MENIAL

menial in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and was dismissed from this as well as from other employments for misconduct, his conduct earning for him the name of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert le Diable . During the disputes of See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement XI. with the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of Paris the mind of See also:

• DAMIENS, ROBERT FRANCOIS (1715-1757)

Damiens seems to have been excited by the ecclesiastical disorganization which followed the refusal of the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant the sacraments to the Jansenists and Convulsionnaires; and he appears to have thought that See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace would be restored by the See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . He, however, asserted, perhaps with truth, that he only intended to frighten the king without wounding him severely . On the 5th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1757, as the king was entering his See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage, he rushed forward and stabbed him with a See also:

• KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

knife, inflicting only a slight See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound . He made no See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape, and was at once seized . He was condemned as a See also:

• REGICIDE (Lat. rex, a king, and caedere, to kill)

regicide, and sentenced to be torn in pieces by horses in the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place de Greve . Before being put to death he was barbarously tortured with red-hot pincers, and molten See also:

• WAX

wax, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, and boiling oil were poured into his wounds . After his death his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house was razed to the ground, his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers and sisters were ordered to See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change their names, and his See also:

• FATHER

father, wife, and daughter were banished from France . See Pieces originates et procedures du proces fait a Robert See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois Damiens (Paris, 1757) .