Antoine Marie Charles Garnier (), commonly referred to as "Garnier de l'Aube" (, ), born on 7 September 1742 in

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and died on 9 September 1805 at Blaincourt-sur-Aube (Aube), was a politician during the French Revolution. He took part in the coup, organized by Laurent Lecointre, etc. which led to the

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. According to some authors, he was the one who launched on

9 Thermidor Maximilien Robespierre addressed the National Convention on 26 July 1794, was arrested the next day, and executed on 28 July. In his speech on 26 July, Robespierre spoke of the existence of internal enemies, conspirators, and calumniators, with ...

, when

Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (; ; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre fer ...

was temporarily unable to speak: "It is the blood of Danton that chokes you!". The sentence, however, is sometimes attributed to

Louis Legendre Louis Legendre (; 22 May 1752 – 13 December 1797) was a French politician of the Revolution period. Early activities Born at Versailles, he was keeping a butcher's shop in Saint Germain, Paris, by 1789. He was an ardent supporter of the ide ...

. During the

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he was a member of the

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