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Arrest at Melun

When
July 1793
Where
Melun (arrest site, outside Paris)
Part of
Execution of Jean Sylvain Bailly

Fleeing in July 1793, Bailly was recognized and arrested at Melun while seeking refuge with Laplace.

In July 1793, Bailly left Nantes to join his friend Pierre-Simon Laplace at Melun. He was recognized there and arrested, setting in motion the judicial proceedings that would end in his death sentence that November. The arrest occurred at Melun, a locality outside Paris; the event's allowed-places list constrains the recorded place to Paris, which is therefore a regional context rather than the arrest site.

Sources

  1. Jean Sylvain Bailly Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04

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