Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just was born to Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Just and Anne Pichon in Decize, Nièvre, France.

Saint-Just enrolls in the Collège de Brioude, where he receives a classical education and shows early academic promise.

Saint-Just transfers to the prestigious Collège Louis-le-Grand in Paris, a school known for producing many notable figures.

Saint-Just graduates from Louis-le-Grand and returns to Blérancourt, where he works briefly as a clerk.

Saint-Just begins his legal career, working as a lawyer and a registrar in the bailiwick of Soissons.

Saint-Just completes his first literary work, 'The Travels of Cazotte,' a political and philosophical novel that reflects his early revolutionary ideas.

Saint-Just is elected as a representative of the Third Estate to the Estates-General, marking the beginning of his political career.

Saint-Just joins the Jacobin Club, a radical political group that plays a central role in the French Revolution.

Saint-Just delivers his first speech to the National Convention, advocating for the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic.

Saint-Just is elected as a deputy to the National Convention, representing the department of Aisne.

Saint-Just is appointed to the Committee of Public Safety, the most powerful governing body during the Reign of Terror.

Saint-Just writes and presents his influential 'Report on the Principles of Republican Government,' outlining the principles of the revolutionary state.

Saint-Just delivers a passionate speech in the National Convention, defending Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror against growing opposition.

Saint-Just is arrested along with Robespierre and other leading Jacobins during the Thermidorian Reaction, marking the end of the Reign of Terror.

Saint-Just is executed by guillotine along with Robespierre and other Jacobin leaders, ending his life and political career at the age of 27.