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  1. The grave of Auguste Blanqui, Père La Chaise Cemetery, Paris. Following a speech at a political meeting in Paris, Blanqui had a stroke. He died on 1 January 1881 and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. His elaborate tomb was created by Jules Dalou.

  2. Apr 7, 2017 · Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881) was one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century French revolutionary politics, and he played a role in all of the great upheavals that punctuated his life – the insurrections of 1830, 1848 and 1870-71.

  3. Feb 9, 2017 · To avoid creating a martyr, Louis-Philippe pardoned him, but Blanqui defiantly stayed in prison with his comrades. The throne granted him clemency anyway, and Blanqui miraculously survived his illness.

  4. Louis Auguste Blanqui (French pronunciation: [lwi oɡyst blɑ̃ki]; 8 February 1805 – 1 January 1881) was a French socialist, political philosopher and political activist, notable for his revolutionary theory of Blanquism. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Portrait by his wife, Amelie Serre Blanqui, circa 1835.

  5. During over half a century, writes W.J. Fishman, Blanqui virtually personified the revolutionary movement in nineteenth-century France. It is a paradox of history that Louis Auguste Blanqui, the most consistent and memorable of revolutionaries, should have received such brief notice in recent historical appreciations.

  6. Died: January 1, 1881, Paris (aged 75) Auguste Blanqui (born February 1, 1805, Puget-Théniers, France—died January 1, 1881, Paris) was a revolutionary socialist, a legendary martyr-figure of French radicalism, imprisoned in all for more than 33 years. His disciples, the Blanquists, played an important role in the history of the workers ...

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  8. (1805–81) French radical thinker and revolutionary leader. He launched an attack on the Paris Hotel de Ville in 1839. Sentenced to death, his sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. A brief period of freedom allowed him to lead the republicans in the Revolution of 1848.