1793Convention Condemns Advocates of Radical Economic Programs to Death

March 18: The Convention decrees the death penalty for those...
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1793
1795

⚖️ Convention Condemns Advocates of Radical Economic Programs to Death

March 18: The Convention decrees the death penalty for those advocating radical economic programs, a decree aimed at the enragés.
French RevolutionConventionEnragésEconomic PolicyDeath PenaltyPolitical RepressionRadicalismFactionalismTerrorLegislative Action

🔪 Death Penalty Decree for Vendée Uprising Participants

March 19: The Convention decrees the death penalty for any participant in the uprising in the Vendée.
VendéeFrench RevolutionRebellionCounter-RevolutionDeath PenaltyTerrorRepressionCivil WarViolenceAtrocities

👮 Convention Orders Arrest of Hébert and Varlet

May 24: At the demand of the Girondins, the Convention orders the arrest of the ultra-revolutionary enragés leaders Jacques René Hébert and Jean Varlet.
Convention Orders Arrest of Hébert and Varlet (1793)
French RevolutionGirondinsEnragésArrestFactionalismPolitical IntrigueConventionHébertVarletRadicals

🗣️ Robespierre Condemns the Enragés in the National Convention

June 26; Robespierre denounces the enragés before the convention.
RobespierreEnragésNational ConventionFactionalismPolitical OppositionFrench RevolutionRadicalsPolitical DiscourseDantonists

⚖️ Convention Suppresses the Enragés

October 20: The Convention orders the repression of the ultra-revolutionary enragés.
French RevolutionThe ConventionEnragésRadicalismPolitical RepressionFactionalismRevolutionary GovernmentParis CommuneReign of Terror

⚖️ Convention Enacts Death Penalty for Government Overthrow Attempts

March 21: On a proposal by Sieyès, the Convention votes the death penalty for leaders of movements who try to overthrow the government.
Convention Enacts Death Penalty for Government Overthrow Attempts (1795)
French RevolutionConventionSieyèsDeath PenaltyPolitical InstabilityCounter-RevolutionGovernmentLegislationTerrorPolitical Control