Jean-Baptiste Michonis Explained

Jean-Baptiste Michonis (1735 – 17 June 1794) was a personality of the French Revolution. Originally a producer of lemonade, he became a member of the Commune de Paris, inspector of prisons and chief of police. He participated in the "complot de l'œillet", a failed attempt to rescue Marie-Antoinette organised by Jean, Baron de Batz, and for this was guillotined in what is now the Place de la Nation. He was buried in the cimetière de Picpus.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Will Bashor . Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie . 1 December 2016 . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . 978-1-4422-5500-5 . 97–.
2. Book: John Hardman . Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen . 10 September 2019 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-24308-6 . 297–.
3. Book: Ian Dunlop . Marie-Antoinette: A Portrait . 1 January 1993 . Sinclair-Stevenson . 978-1-85619-261-3.