1795 ⟶ Fouquier-Tinville and Tribunal Jurors Executed

May 7: The former chief prosecutor, Fouquier-Tinville, and t...
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1793
1795

⚖️ 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

🔪 Charlotte Corday Executed for Marat's Assassination

July 17: Charlotte Corday is tried and sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal for murdering Marat. She is guillotined after her trial.⟶
French RevolutionAssassinationGuillotineJacobinsReign of TerrorPolitical ViolenceJusticeTrialsExecutions

🔪 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

🔪 Fouquier-Tinville and Tribunal Jurors Executed

May 7: The former chief prosecutor, Fouquier-Tinville, and the fourteen jurors of the Revolutionary Tribunal are condemned to death and guillotined.⟶
Fouquier-Tinville and Tribunal Jurors Executed (1795)
Reign of TerrorGuillotineExecutionsRevolutionary TribunalFouquier-TinvilleJusticePost-TerrorPurgeFrench Revolution

⚖️ Trial Begins for Fouquier-Tinville, Architect of the Reign of Terror

March 28: Beginning of the trial of Fouquier-Tinville, the head of the Revolutionary Tribunal, who conducted the trials during the Terror.⟶
Trial Begins for Fouquier-Tinville, Architect of the Reign of Terror (1795)
French RevolutionReign of TerrorFouquier-TinvilleRevolutionary TribunalTrialsJusticeAccountabilityPolitical RepressionInsurrection

⚖️ Convention Abolishes the Revolutionary Tribunal

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