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Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise

1800 CE · France, Europe · War

Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise
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The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise, also known as the machine infernale plot, was an assassination attempt on the First Consul of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, in Paris on 24 December 1800. It followed the conspiration des poignards of 10 October 1800 and was one of many Royalist and Catholic plots.

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