1812 Execution of the Male Conspiracy

205 years ago, on October 29, 1812, thirteen participants in the anti-Napoleonic conspiracy organized by General Claude-Francois Malet were shot in Paris on the Grenelle field.

Malet, who for his republican views was kept in a mental hospital, prepared several forged documents: a message from the Senate about the death of Napoleon in Russia, manifestos about the removal of the Bonaparte family from succession to the throne and the establishment of a provisional government. On the night of October 22-23, having escaped from the hospital, Malet assured the soldiers of the National Guard that Napoleon had died in Russia, released several Republican generals from prison and arrested the Minister of Police and the Prefect of Paris. However, the attempt to arrest the commandant of Paris was unsuccessful, and by morning the rebellion was crushed.