Auguste Chapdelaine
Auguste Chapdelaine was born on February 6, 1814. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Auguste Chapdelaine
Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài (Chinese: 馬賴; 6 February 1814 – 29 February 1856) was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. France used his death – Chapdelaine was executed by Chinese officials – as a casus belli for its participation in the Second Opium War.