1799 ⟶ Jourdan's Pike Call and Siéyès's Denunciation

July 14: At a celebration of the anniversary of the Revoluti...
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1799

⚔️ Jourdan's Pike Call and Siéyès's Denunciation

July 14: At a celebration of the anniversary of the Revolution, General Jourdan calls "bringing back the pikes", the weapons of the Jacobin street mobs during the Terror. On the same day, Siéyès gives a speech denouncing the new Jacobins.⟶
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Jourdan's Pike Call and Siéyès's Denunciation (1799)