1792 ⟶ Convention Mandates Public Roll Call on King's Death Penalty
December 6: At the proposal of Jean-Paul Marat, the Conventi...
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1792
1795
🗣️ Convention Mandates Public Roll Call on King's Death Penalty
December 6: At the proposal of Jean-Paul Marat, the Convention rules that each deputy must individually and publicly declare his vote on the death penalty for the King.⟶
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🔪 Robespierre Calls for King Louis XVI's Execution
December 3: Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins and First Deputy for Paris in the convention, demands that the King be put to death.⟶
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🗣️ Convention Debates King's Fate, Rejects Popular Vote
December 27–28: Motions in the Convention asking that people vote on judgement of the King. The motion is opposed by Robespierre, who declares "Louis must die so that the nation may live." The Convention rejects the motion for French voters to decide the King's fate.⟶
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🔪 Convention Votes on Louis XVI's Execution
January 17: In a vote lasting twenty-one hours, 361 deputies vote for the death penalty, and 360 against (including 26 for a death penalty followed by a pardon). The Convention rejects a final appeal to the people.⟶
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