1792First Execution by Revolutionary Tribunal

August 21: First summary judgement by the Revolutionary Trib...
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🔪 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

⚖️ Revolutionary Tribunal Established

March 10: Revolutionary Tribunal established in Paris, with Fouquier-Tinville as the public prosecutor.
French RevolutionRevolutionary TribunalFouquier-TinvilleJusticeReign of TerrorLegal SystemParisGuillotineAtrocitiesPolitical Trials

⚖️ Revolutionary Tribunal Begins Trials

April 6: First session of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
French RevolutionTribunalJusticeTrialsGuillotineReign of TerrorExecutionPolitical ViolenceLegal System

⚖️ 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

⚰️ Execution of Madame Élisabeth

May 10: Execution of Madame Élisabeth, the sister of Louis XVI.
Execution of Madame Élisabeth (1794)
French RevolutionGuillotineTerrorRoyal FamilyExecutionVictimLouis XVIRevolutionary TribunalPolitical Violence

⚖️ Convention Abolishes the Revolutionary Tribunal

May 31: The Convention abolishes the Revolutionary Tribunal.
French RevolutionConventionRevolutionary TribunalJusticeLawGuillotineReign of TerrorPolitical InstabilityEnd of Terror