Explosion on the Rue de la Loi, Paris, France, 24th December 1800 (1882-1884). The bomb was an assassination attempt by a group of Breton royalists on the life of the First Consul of France, Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon escaped unscathed but several innocent bystanders were killed. The street is known today as the Rue de Richelieu. A print from La France et les Français à Travers les Siècles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884.
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