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January 13, 1793
Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, is lynched by a mob in Rome.
Nicolas Jean Hugou de Basseville
Nicolas Jean Hugou de Bassville or Basseville, French journalist and diplomat, was born at Abbéville.
French First Republic
In the history of France, the First Republic, sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic, was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First Empire on 18 May 1804 under Napoléon Bonaparte, although the form of government changed several times.