1794 ⟶ Hébertist Trial Begins: A Purge of Radicals
March 21: Trial of the Hébertists begins. To compromise them...
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1793
1794
1795
⚖️ Revolutionary Tribunal Begins Trials
April 6: First session of the Revolutionary Tribunal.⟶
French RevolutionTribunalJusticeTrialsGuillotineReign of TerrorExecutionPolitical ViolenceLegal System
🔪 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 Guillotine
October 31: The 21 Girondins deputies are guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotineGirondinsPolitical PurgeExecutionRadicalismViolenceFactionalismAtrocity
⚖️ Hébertist Trial Begins: A Purge of Radicals
March 21: Trial of the Hébertists begins. To compromise them, they are tried together with foreign bankers, aristocrats and counter-revolutionaries.⟶
French RevolutionHébertistsReign of TerrorTrialsPolitical PurgeFactionalismRadicalsCounter-RevolutionariesGuillotineJustice
⚖️ 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.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorFouquier-TinvilleRevolutionary TribunalTrialsJusticeAccountabilityPolitical RepressionInsurrection
⚖️ Trial of Uprising Supporters
June 12: Deputies who supported the May 20–22 uprising are put on trial.⟶
TrialsRebellionJusticePolitical RepressionPost-Thermidorian ReactionGuillotineFrench Revolution1795Political Purges