1794Danton's Trial: Accusations and Insults Before the Revolutionary Tribunal

April 2: Trial of Danton before the Revolutionary Tribunal. ...
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1793
1794

⚖️ Revolutionary Tribunal Begins Trials

April 6: First session of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
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⚖️ Marie-Antoinette Ordered to Face Revolutionary Tribunal

October 3: The Convention orders that Marie-Antoinette be tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal.
French RevolutionMarie AntoinetteRevolutionary TribunalTrialGuillotineReign of TerrorAtrocityRoyal FamilyJustice

👩‍⚖️ Marie-Antoinette Charged with Treason by Revolutionary Tribunal

October 12: Marie-Antoinette is summoned before the Revolutionary Tribunal and charged with treason.
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🔪 Girondin Deputies Executed by Revolutionary Tribunal

October 30: The Revolutionary Tribunal sentences the 21 Girondins deputies to death.
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGirondinsGuillotineExecutionsPolitical ViolenceRevolutionary TribunalJacobinsPolitical Purges

🏛️ 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.
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🔪 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