Charles-Gilbert Rummy

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Charles-Gilbert Rummy

Charles-Gilbert Romme (born March 26, 1750 in Riom ( Département Puy-de-Dôme ), † June 17, 1795 in Paris ) was a mathematician and a politician during the French Revolution .

Life

Gilbert Romme was born the son of a prosecutor and visited in Riom the College of Oratory . He moved to Paris in 1774 to begin studying medicine. However, he later turned to mathematics. In September 1779 Romme traveled to Russia. He worked in Saint Petersburg as a teacher and educator of Count Pawel Alexandrowitsch Stroganow (1774-1817), who later fought as adjutant general of Alexander I against Napoleon . From 1786 Romme accompanied his pupil on his European trip. After a long stay in Geneva, they both went to Paris in January 1790.

Immediately after his arrival in Paris, Romme founded the “Society of Friends of the Law” and shortly afterwards joined the Jacobin Club . He also suggested that his pupil, Count Stroganov, join the Jacobin Club. After his return, he was supposed to spread the ideas of the French Revolution in Russia. In September 1791, Romme was elected to the legislature by his home department. He was a member of the teaching committee and endeavored to promote popular education. Romme agreed to the declaration of war on Austria on April 20, 1792, welcomed the Tuileries storm of August 10, 1792 and the subsequent overthrow of the monarchy.

In September 1792, Charles-Gilbert Romme (again from the Puy-de-Dôme department ) was elected to the National Convention. He was one of the Girondins , but later switched to the Montagne . Despite his previous rejection of the death penalty, Romme voted in January 1793 for the death of Louis XVI. From May 1793 he worked as a representative in missions in Cherbourg and Caen . In Caen, Romme was arrested by Girondins and held hostage from June to August 1793. After his release he returned to Paris.

The National Convention introduced the revolutionary calendar retrospectively from September 22, 1792 on October 5, 1793 on the basis of a motion by Rommes .

Romme served as President of the National Convention from November 21, 1793 to December 6, 1793. He advocated the de-Christianization campaign and stayed from February to September 1794 as a representative in mission in southwest France. In the Dordogne he activated the manufacture of cannons for the navy. After the overthrow of 9th Thermidor II (July 27, 1794), in which he did not take part, he was one of the last Montagnarden to call himself “crète” (crest or comb).

In the course of the Prairial uprising (May 20-23, 1795), Romme declared himself in favor of the rebellious sans-culottes . Shaken by the plight of the people, he called for house searches for flour and asked for bread for everyone. He also expected the National Convention to release all political prisoners and to elect the Paris section committees.

Due to his active participation in the Prairial uprising, Romme was brought to a military tribunal with five other Monday delegates and sentenced to death on June 17, 1795. Charles-Gilbert Romme stabbed himself in the courtroom after the verdict was pronounced.

The Martyrs of the Prairials

The following five MPs including Charles-Gilbert Romme were sentenced to death for their active participation in the Prairial uprising:

  1. Pierre Bourbotte (born June 5, 1763 in Vault-de Lugny, † June 17, 1795 ( guillotine ) in Paris)
  2. Jean-Michel Duroy (born December 22, 1753 in Bernay (Eure department), † June 17, 1795 (suicide) in Paris)
  3. Ernest-Dominica-François-Joseph Duquesnoy (born May 7, 1749 in Bouvigny-Boyeffes (Pas-de-Calais), † June 17, 1795 (suicide) in Paris)
  4. Jean-Marie-Claude-Alexandre Goujon (born April 13, 1766 in Bourg-en-Bresse, † June 17, 1795 (suicide) in Paris)
  5. Pierre-Amable de Soubrany de Macholles, called Soubrany, (born September 17, 1752 in Riom (department Puy-de-Dôme), † June 17, 1795 (on the way to the guillotine) in Paris)

The six condemned to death have been among the martyrs of the Prairial ever since.

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personal data
SURNAME Romme, Charles-Gilbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Politician during the French Revolution
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Riom
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1795
Place of death Paris