1793 ⟶ Arrest of Philippe Égalité, Duke of Orléans
April 3: Arrest of Philippe Égalité, a deputy and head of th...
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1793
1794
👮 Arrest of Philippe Égalité, Duke of Orléans
April 3: Arrest of Philippe Égalité, a deputy and head of the Orléans branch of the royal family, who had voted for the execution of Louis XVI, his cousin.⟶
French RevolutionArrestPoliticsRoyal FamilyGuillotineDeputyFactionalismRadicalizationLouis XVI
🔪 Execution of Philippe Égalité
November 7: Philippe Égalité is guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionGuillotineExecutionPolitical PurgeÉgalitéTerrorJacobinsAristocracyViolenceRepression
⚰️ Execution of Madame Élisabeth
May 10: Execution of Madame Élisabeth, the sister of Louis XVI.⟶
French RevolutionGuillotineTerrorRoyal FamilyExecutionVictimLouis XVIRevolutionary TribunalPolitical Violence
🏛️ Thermidorian Reaction: Arrest of Robespierre and Allies
July 27: At noon, Saint-Just began his speech in the convention, prepared to blame everything on Billaud, Collot d'Herbois and Carnot. After a few minutes, Tallien interrupted him and began the attack. When the accusations began to pile up the Convention voted the arrest of Robespierre, and of his younger brother Augustin Robespierre, Saint-Just, Couthon and Lebas. François Hanriot warned the sections that there would be an attempt to murder Robespierre and mobilized 2,400 National Guards in front of the town hall. In the meantime the five were taken to a prison, but refused by the jailors. An administrator of the police took Robespierre the older around 8 p.m. to the police administration on Île de la Cité; Robespierre insisted being received in a prison. He hesitated for legal reasons for possibly two hours. At around 10 p.m. the mayor appointed a delegation to go and convince Robespierre to join the Commune movement. Then the Convention declared the five deputies (plus the supporting members) to be outlaws. They expected crowds of supporters to join them during the night, but most left losing time in fruitless deliberation, without supplies or instructions.⟶
French RevolutionThermidorian ReactionRobespierreReign of TerrorConventionArrestPoliticsGuillotineCoup d'étatFactionalism