On 31 July 1914, Jaurès was assassinated.
 At 9 pm, he went to dine at the Café du Croissant, 146, rue Montmartre.
 Forty minutes later, Raoul Villain, a 29-year-old French nationalist, walked up to the restaurant window and fired two shots into Jaurès' back.
 He died five minutes later, at 9.45 pm.
 Jaurès had been due to attend an international conference on 9 August, in an attempt to dissuade the belligerent parties from going ahead with the war.
 Villain also intended to murder Madame Caillaux with his two engraved pistols.
 Tried after World War I and acquitted, he was later killed by Spanish Republicans in 1936.

Shock waves ran through the streets of Paris.
One of the government's most charismatic and compelling orators had been assassinated.
 His opponent, Poincaré, sent his sympathies to his widow.
Paris was on the brink of revolution: Jaurès had been partisan for a general strike, and had narrowly avoided sedition charges.
One important consequence was that the cabinet postponed the arrest of socialist revolutionaries.
 Viviani reassured Britain of Belgian neutrality but "the gloves were off".
Jaurès' murder brought matters one step closer to world war.
 It helped to destabilise the French government, whilst simultaneously breaking a link in the chain of international solidarity.
 Speaking at Jaurès' funeral a few days later, the CGT leader, Leon Jouhaux, declared, "All working men... we take the field with the determination to drive back the aggressor."
As if in reverence to his memory, the Socialists in the Chamber agreed to suspend all sabotage activity in support of the Union Sacrée.
 Poincaré commented that, "In the memory of man, there had never been anything more beautiful in France."

On 23 November 1924, his remains were transferred to the Panthéon.
On 31 July 1914, Jaurès was assassinated.  At 9 pm, he went to dine at the Café du Croissant, 146, rue Montmartre.  Forty minutes later, Raoul Villain, a 29-year-old French nationalist, walked up to the restaurant window and fired two shots into Jaurès' back.  He died five minutes later, at 9.45 pm.  Jaurès had been due to attend an international conference on 9 August, in an attempt to dissuade the belligerent parties from going ahead with the war.  Villain also intended to murder Madame Caillaux with his two engraved pistols.  Tried after World War I and acquitted, he was later killed by Spanish Republicans in 1936.
Shock waves ran through the streets of Paris. One of the government's most charismatic and compelling orators had been assassinated.  His opponent, Poincaré, sent his sympathies to his widow. Paris was on the brink of revolution: Jaurès had been partisan for a general strike, and had narrowly avoided sedition charges. One important consequence was that the cabinet postponed the arrest of socialist revolutionaries.  Viviani reassured Britain of Belgian neutrality but "the gloves were off". Jaurès' murder brought matters one step closer to world war.  It helped to destabilise the French government, whilst simultaneously breaking a link in the chain of international solidarity.  Speaking at Jaurès' funeral a few days later, the CGT leader, Leon Jouhaux, declared, "All working men... we take the field with the determination to drive back the aggressor." As if in reverence to his memory, the Socialists in the Chamber agreed to suspend all sabotage activity in support of the Union Sacrée.  Poincaré commented that, "In the memory of man, there had never been anything more beautiful in France."
On 23 November 1924, his remains were transferred to the Panthéon.
Jean Jaurès