A irin wannan rana, 12 ga Nuwamba, 1793, aka kashe Jean-Sylvain Bailly, masanin falaki kuma magajin garin Paris na farko, ta hanyar fille kansa da guillotine a lokacin juyin juya halin Faransa.
An haifi Bailly a birnin Paris a ranar 15 ga Satumba, 1736. Ya shahara a fannin kimiyya, musamman nazarin sararin samaniya, inda ya wallafa littattafai da dama kan tarihin ilimin falaki.
A shekarar 1789, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a siyasar Faransa, inda aka zaɓe shi a matsayin shugaban Majalisar Ƙasa, sannan ya zama magajin garin Paris na farko a ranar 15 ga Yuli, 1789, bayan juyin juya halin Faransa ya fara.
Sai dai shahararsa ta fara raguwa bayan umarnin da ya bayar na murkushe masu zanga-zangar neman sauke Sarki Louis XVI a filin Champ-de-Mars a ranar 17 ga Yuli, 1791. Sojojin ƙasa sun buɗe wuta kan masu zanga-zangar, lamarin da ya yi sanadin mutuwar mutane da dama.
Bayan wannan lamari, Bailly ya yi murabus daga muƙaminsa a shekarar 1791, amma rikicin siyasa ya ci gaba da bibiyarsa. A shekarar 1793 aka kama shi, aka gurfanar da shi a gaban kotun juyin juya hali, wadda ta yanke masa hukuncin kisa.
A ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 1793, aka fille kansa a filin Champ-de-Mars, a daidai wurin da aka yi zanga-zangar da ta jawo masa suka. Wannan kisa ya faru ne a lokacin da ake kira Reign of Terror, wani lokaci na juyin juya halin Faransa da aka yi wa dubban mutane hukuncin kisa.
