1793 ⟶ Execution of Jean Sylvain Bailly
November 12: The astronomer and former mayor of Paris, Jean ...
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1793
1794
⚰️ Execution of Jean Sylvain Bailly
November 12: The astronomer and former mayor of Paris, Jean Sylvain Bailly, is executed on the Champ de Mars for his role in suppressing a demonstration there on July 17, 1791.⟶
French RevolutionExecutionGuillotinePolitical RepressionReign of TerrorChamp de Mars MassacreParisRevolutionary TribunalFormer Mayor
🔪 Law of Suspects Enacted, Initiating the Reign of Terror
September 17: Convention adopts a new Law of Suspects, permitting the arrest and rapid trial of anyone suspected of opposing the Revolution. Start of Reign of Terror.⟶
Reign of TerrorLaw of SuspectsFrench RevolutionGuillotineAtrocityViolenceRevolutionary TribunalPolitical RepressionHuman Rights
🔪 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
🔪 Execution of Princess Marie Thérèse de Choiseul
July 27: Marie Thérèse de Choiseul, the princess of Monaco is executed. Her execution would be one of the last during the Reign of Terror.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorExecutionAristocracyGuillotinePolitical ViolenceAtrocityMonacoLast Executions
🔪 Execution of Robespierre and Allies
July 28: At two in the morning, soldiers loyal to the Convention take the Hôtel de Ville without a fight. Robespierre is wounded in the jaw by a gunshot, either from a gendarme or self-inflicted. His brother is badly injured jumping from the window. In the morning, Robespierre and his supporters are taken to the Revolutionary Tribunal for formal identification. Since they have been declared outside the law, no trial is considered necessary. In the evening of July 28, Robespierre and his supporters, including his brother, Saint-Just, Couthon and Hanriot, 22 in all, are guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotineExecutionRobespierreSaint-JustPolitical PurgeHôtel de VilleThermidorian Reaction
🔪 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