1794 ⟶ André Chénier's Execution by Guillotine
July 25: The poet André Chénier is among those guillotined.
Year
1792
1793
1794
🔪 First Execution by Revolutionary Tribunal
August 21: First summary judgement by the Revolutionary Tribunal and execution by the guillotine of a royalist, Louis Collenot d'Angremont (fr).⟶
French RevolutionGuillotineExecutionRevolutionary TribunalJusticeRoyalistTerrorAtrocityPolitical Violence
🔪 Execution of Philippe Égalité
November 7: Philippe Égalité is guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionGuillotineExecutionPolitical PurgeÉgalitéTerrorJacobinsAristocracyViolenceRepression
⚰️ Execution of Jean Sylvain Bailly
November 12: The astronomer and former mayor of Paris, Jean Sylvain Bailly, is executed on the Champ de Mars for his role in suppressing a demonstration there on July 17, 1791.⟶
French RevolutionExecutionGuillotinePolitical RepressionReign of TerrorChamp de Mars MassacreParisRevolutionary TribunalFormer Mayor
✒️ André Chénier's Execution by Guillotine
July 25: The poet André Chénier is among those guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionExecutionGuillotinePoetryLiteratureAndré ChénierTerrorVictims of the TerrorPolitical Repression
⚰️ Execution of Madame Élisabeth
May 10: Execution of Madame Élisabeth, the sister of Louis XVI.⟶
French RevolutionGuillotineTerrorRoyal FamilyExecutionVictimLouis XVIRevolutionary TribunalPolitical Violence
🔪 Mass Execution of Robespierrists
July 29: Arrest and execution of seventy allies of Robespierre within the Paris Commune. In all, 106 Robespierrists are guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotineExecutionRobespierreParis CommunePolitical PurgeAtrocityViolence