1792Insurrectionary Committee Formed with Commune and Danton's Support

June 20: A secret insurrectionary committee, supported by th...
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1792

🛡️ Insurrectionary Committee Formed with Commune and Danton's Support

June 20: A secret insurrectionary committee, supported by the Paris Commune and led by the prosecutors Louis Pierre Manuel and Georges Danton, is formed.
Paris CommuneDantonInsurrectionCommitteeRevolutionary LeadersPolitical IntrigueRadicalismFrench Revolution1792Secret Committee

🏛️ Danton and Cordeliers Establish Revolutionary Paris Commune

August 9: Georges Danton, a deputy city prosecutor, and his Cordeliers allies take over the Paris city government and establish the Revolutionary Paris commune. They take possession of the Hôtel de Ville. They increase the number of Commune deputies to 288. The Assembly recognizes them as the legal government of Paris on August 10.
Danton and Cordeliers Establish Revolutionary Paris Commune (1792)
French RevolutionParis CommuneDantonRevolutionary GovernmentCity GovernmentPolitical PowerHôtel de VilleAugust 10thRadicalism