1795 ⟶ Jacobin Leaders Assassinated in Bourg-en-Bresse

April 19: Assassination of six Jacobins involved in the Terr...
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1795

⚔️ Marseille Riots: Forts Captured and Commander Assassinated

April 30: Riots in Marseille. Three forts are captured, and the commander of Fort Saint-Jean, the Chevalier de Beausset, is assassinated.⟶
Marseille Riots: Forts Captured and Commander Assassinated (1790)
French RevolutionRiotsMarseilleMilitaryViolenceAssassinationFortsLocal UprisingRegional Conflict

🔪 Jacobin Leaders Assassinated in Bourg-en-Bresse

April 19: Assassination of six Jacobins involved in the Terror in Bourg-en-Bresse.⟶
Jacobin Leaders Assassinated in Bourg-en-Bresse (1795)
French RevolutionTerrorJacobinsAssassinationBourg-en-BresseCounter-RevolutionViolencePolitical ViolenceRetributionLocal Uprising

🔪 White Terror Begins: Assassinations of Jacobins in Lyon

February 14; Several former Jacobin leaders in Lyon, who conducted the Terror there, are assassinated, beginning of the so-called First White Terror.⟶
White TerrorCounter-RevolutionJacobinsLyonAssassinationViolenceFrench RevolutionPolitical ViolenceRevenge

🔪 Thermidorian Reaction: Anti-Jacobin Violence and Arrests

February 22: In the convention, the deputy Rovère demands the punishment of Jacobins who carried out the Terror. Former Jacobin leaders in several cities placed under arrest. Four Jacobins in Nîmes who conducted the Terror there are assassinated.⟶
Thermidorian ReactionWhite TerrorJacobinsRevengeAssassinationPolitical ViolenceFrench RevolutionNîmesConvention

🔪 Jacobin Massacre in Lyon

May 4: Massacre of twenty-five Jacobins imprisoned in Lyon.⟶
French RevolutionLyonMassacreTerrorJacobinsCounter-RevolutionPolitical ViolenceRepressionPrisoners

⚔️ Jacobin and Sans-culotte Uprising Quashed by Convention Army

May 20: Armed uprising against the Convention by Jacobins and sans-culottes. They invade the hall of the convention and kill deputy Féraud. The army responds quickly and clears out the hall. The Convention votes the arrest of the Deputies involved in the uprising.⟶
Jacobin and Sans-culotte Uprising Quashed by Convention Army (1795)
French RevolutionJacobinsSans-culottesConventionUprisingCivil UnrestArmed ConflictPolitical ViolenceCounter-revolution