Billaud Varenne

Billaud-Varenne. Jacques Nicolas, revolutionist, was born in 1756 at Rochelle. He took a leading part in the murders and massacres that ensued on the destruction of the Bastille, and was notorious for his violent attitude to the royal family. He was president of the Convention in 1793, and a member of the Committee of Public Safety. In 1795 he was banished to Cayenne, and in 1819 he died in Hayti.