1796 ⟶ Babeuf and Montagnards Plot Against the Directory

May 2: Babeuf's followers and the remaining Montagnards form...
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1797

🗳️ Babeuf and Montagnards Plot Against the Directory

May 2: Babeuf's followers and the remaining Montagnards form a common plan to overthrow the Directory.⟶
Babeuf and Montagnards Plot Against the Directory (1796)
French RevolutionDirectoryBabeufMontagnardsConspiracyPolitical OppositionOverthrowRadicalismRevolutionary Factions

💣 Babeuf's Failed Uprising at the Grenelle Camp

September 9: Grenelle camp affair - failed uprising by supporters of Gracchus Babeuf against the French Directory⟶
French RevolutionDirectoryBabeufConspiracyUprisingPolitical ViolenceCounter-RevolutionSocialismRadicalsSuppression

🪖 Babeuf Uprising Leaders Executed by Military Tribunal

October 10: The thirty-two leaders of the September 9–10 Babeuf uprising are tried by a military tribunal and sentenced to death.⟶
French RevolutionBabeufUprisingConspiracyMilitary TribunalExecutionRebellionSuppressionRadicalismPolitical Violence

⚖️ Babeuf's Conspiracy of Equals Trial Commences

February 20: Beginning of the trial of Babeuf and his leading followers at the High Court of Justice in Vendôme.⟶
Babeuf's Conspiracy of Equals Trial Commences (1797)
French RevolutionVendômeBabeufConspiracy of EqualsRadicalismRevolutionary TrialsPolitical TrialsSocialismHigh Court of Justice

🔪 Babeuf and Darthé Executed for Conspiracy

May 26: The political agitator Babeuf and one supporter, Darthé, are sentenced to death. They are executed in Vendôme on May 27.⟶
Babeuf and Darthé Executed for Conspiracy (1797)
French RevolutionExecutionPolitical TrialsConspiracyVendéeBabeufDarthéRadicalismRebellionRepression