The infernal machine on Rue Saint-Nicaise misses Napoleon

On December 24, 1800, the Consul and his family nearly perished in a bomb attack on Rue Saint-Nicaise. The coachman crossed the area at a full gallop, so the device exploded too late and only shattered the carriage windows. This royalist attack orchestrated by François-Joseph Carbon caused the death of 22 people and left about a hundred injured.