1792 ⟶ Assembly Yields to Commune's Pressure: Revolutionary Tribunal and National Convention Authorized
August 17: At the demand of Robespierre and the Commune of P...
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⚖️ Assembly Yields to Commune's Pressure: Revolutionary Tribunal and National Convention Authorized
August 17: At the demand of Robespierre and the Commune of Paris, who threatens an armed uprising if the Assembly does not comply, the Assembly votes the creation of a Revolutionary Tribunal, the members of which are selected by the Commune, and the summoning of a National Convention to replace the Assembly.⟶
French RevolutionNational AssemblyCommune of ParisRobespierreRevolutionary TribunalNational ConventionPolitical PressureRadicalizationLegislative BodyTerror
🔪 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
🗳️ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention
August 22: Robespierre is elected the president of the convention.⟶
RobespierreNational ConventionFrench RevolutionLeadershipPoliticsJacobinsCommittee of Public SafetyRevolutionary GovernmentPresidency
🏛️ Moderate Deputies Purged from National Convention
October 3: Additional moderate deputies are accused and excluded from the Assembly; a total of 136 deputies are excluded.⟶
French RevolutionNational ConventionPurgesPolitical ViolenceFactionalismRadicalizationTerrorDeputiesExclusionModerates
🗣️ Convention Silences Danton
April 4: The Convention decrees that anyone who insults the justice system is excluded from speaking, barring Danton from defending himself.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorNational ConventionDantonPolitical PurgeJustice SystemFreedom of SpeechRevolutionary TribunalRobespierre
⚖️ Convention Abolishes the Revolutionary Tribunal
May 31: The Convention abolishes the Revolutionary Tribunal.⟶
French RevolutionConventionRevolutionary TribunalJusticeLawGuillotineReign of TerrorPolitical InstabilityEnd of Terror