1794Danton and Desmoulins Executed by the Revolutionary Tribunal

April 5: Danton and Desmoulins are convicted and guillotined...
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1793
1794

🔪 First Execution by Revolutionary Tribunal

August 21: First summary judgement by the Revolutionary Tribunal and execution by the guillotine of a royalist, Louis Collenot d'Angremont (fr).
French RevolutionGuillotineExecutionRevolutionary TribunalJusticeRoyalistTerrorAtrocityPolitical Violence

🔪 Girondin Deputies Executed by Guillotine

October 31: The 21 Girondins deputies are guillotined.
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotineGirondinsPolitical PurgeExecutionRadicalismViolenceFactionalismAtrocity

🔪 Danton and Desmoulins Executed by the Revolutionary Tribunal

April 5: Danton and Desmoulins are convicted and guillotined the same day.
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotinePolitical PurgeDantonDesmoulinsRevolutionary TribunalExecutionAtrocity

👮 Danton and Desmoulins Arrested

March 30: Danton, Camille Desmoulins and their supporters arrested.
Danton and Desmoulins Arrested (1794)
French RevolutionReign of TerrorDantonDesmoulinsGuillotineFactionalismPolitical PurgesRevolutionary TribunalRobespierreLeadership

🏛️ Danton's Trial: Accusations and Insults Before the Revolutionary Tribunal

April 2: Trial of Danton before the Revolutionary Tribunal. He uses the occasion to ridicule and insult his opponents.
DantonTrialRevolutionary TribunalFrench RevolutionGuillotineReign of TerrorPolitical IntrigueAccusationsExecutionJacobins

🔪 Mass Execution of Robespierrists

July 29: Arrest and execution of seventy allies of Robespierre within the Paris Commune. In all, 106 Robespierrists are guillotined.
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotineExecutionRobespierreParis CommunePolitical PurgeAtrocityViolence