Christophe Joly (1805-6 June 1832) was a French student revolutionary who was affiliated with the radical republican Les Amis de l'ABC secret society during the June Rebellion of 1832, during which he was killed.
Biography[]
Christophe Joly was born in Paris, France in 1805, and he studied medicine at university, where he befriended fellow student radicals and joined the republican Les Amis de l'ABC secret society, led by Julien Enjolras. The group met at the Cafe Musain on the Rue de la Chanvrerie, where they planned a revolution against the Orleanist July Monarchy. Following the death of their political hero Jean Maximilien Lamarque in June 1832, the society instigated a riot at Lamarque's funeral, initiating the June Rebellion. The students proceeded to defend their barricade against several National Guard attacks, but, by the afternoon of 6 June 1832, the people of Paris had decided not to come to their aid, dooming them to die in a valiant last stand. After the barricade was overrun, Joly, Jacques Courfeyrac, and Paul Combeferre took refuge in the Cafe Musain, where they were killed when National Guardsmen fired their muskets into the ceiling, striking the three revolutionaries from below and killing them.