1794 ⟶ Carrier Recalled for Nantes Drownings

February 6: Recall of Jean-Baptiste Carrier from Nantes. As ...
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1794

⚔️ Vendéen Army Defeated at Savenay, Mass Executions

December 23: The Army of General François Joseph Westermann destroys the last the Vendéen army at Savenay. Six thousand prisoners are executed.⟶
Vendéen Army Defeated at Savenay, Mass Executions (1793)
French RevolutionVendéeCounter-revolutionMilitary DefeatCivil WarMassacreWestermannSavenayRepublic

🌊 Carrier Recalled for Nantes Drownings

February 6: Recall of Jean-Baptiste Carrier from Nantes. As official delegate of the convention, he was responsible for the drownings at Nantes of as many as ten thousand Vendéen prisoners, in barges deliberately sunk in the Loire River.⟶
Carrier Recalled for Nantes Drownings (1794)
French RevolutionReign of TerrorNantesCarrierDrowningsVendéeAtrocityMassacreRepressionCivil War

🗣️ Carrier Advocates Insurrection at Cordeliers Club

March 4: At the Cordeliers Club, Jean-Baptiste Carrier calls for an insurrection against the convention.⟶
Carrier Advocates Insurrection at Cordeliers Club (1794)
French RevolutionJacobinsCordeliers ClubInsurrectionPolitical RadicalismCarrierConventionReign of TerrorPolitical Violence