1797 ⟶ Babeuf's Conspiracy of Equals Trial Commences
February 20: Beginning of the trial of Babeuf and his leadin...
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1796
1797
✊ Babeuf Founds Les Égaux to Advocate for Communism
March 30: François-Noël Babeuf, known as "Gracchus Babeuf", the ultra-leftist leader and precursor of Communism, forms an insurrectional committee and movement, called Les Égaux ("the Equals"), to overthrow the government. They hold a demonstration in Paris on April 6.⟶
French RevolutionRadicalismCommunismSocialismEqualityRevolutionary MovementsPolitical TheoryBabeufLes Égaux
🗳️ Babeuf and Montagnards Plot Against the Directory
May 2: Babeuf's followers and the remaining Montagnards form a common plan to overthrow the Directory.⟶
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