1795 ⟶ Jacobin Massacre in Lyon
May 4: Massacre of twenty-five Jacobins imprisoned in Lyon.
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🩸 Champ de Mars Massacre
July 17: A demonstration sponsored by the Jacobins, Cordeliers and their allies carries a petition demanding the removal of the King to the Champ de Mars. The city government raises the red flag, the sign of martial law, and forbids the demonstration. The National Guard fires on the crowd, and some fifty persons are killed. ⟶
French RevolutionJacobinsNational GuardMassacrePolitical ViolenceMartial LawRepressionRepublicanismPetitionChamp de Mars
⚔️ Convention Forces Recapture Lyon
October 9: Lyon is recaptured by the army of the convention.⟶
French RevolutionRebellionSiegeLyonConvention ArmyMilitary CampaignCounter-RevolutionWarfareSuppression
🔪 Jacobin Massacre in Lyon
May 4: Massacre of twenty-five Jacobins imprisoned in Lyon.⟶
French RevolutionLyonMassacreTerrorJacobinsCounter-RevolutionPolitical ViolenceRepressionPrisoners
🔪 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
🔪 Jacobin Leaders Assassinated in Bourg-en-Bresse
April 19: Assassination of six Jacobins involved in the Terror in Bourg-en-Bresse.⟶
French RevolutionTerrorJacobinsAssassinationBourg-en-BresseCounter-RevolutionViolencePolitical ViolenceRetributionLocal Uprising
⚔️ 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.⟶
French RevolutionJacobinsSans-culottesConventionUprisingCivil UnrestArmed ConflictPolitical ViolenceCounter-revolution