1793Paris Mayor Demands Expulsion of Girondin Deputies

April 15: The mayor of Paris, Jean Nicolas Pache, demands th...
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🏛️ Paris Mayor Demands Expulsion of Girondin Deputies

April 15: The mayor of Paris, Jean Nicolas Pache, demands that the Convention expel 23 deputies belonging to the moderate Girondin faction.
French RevolutionGirondinsJacobinsParis CommuneNational ConventionPolitical IntrigueFactionalismPurgeRadicalizationDeputies

🗳️ Pache Elected Mayor of Paris

February 14: Jean Nicolas Pache is elected the new mayor of Paris.
Pache Elected Mayor of Paris (1793)
French RevolutionParisMayorLocal GovernmentPoliticsJacobinsCommune of ParisElections

✊ Sans-culottes Insurrection Forces Convention Purge

May 31: Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793. An armed crowd of sans-culottes organized by the Commune storms the hall of the convention and demands that it disband. The deputies resist.
Sans-culottes Insurrection Forces Convention Purge (1793)
French RevolutionSans-culottesInsurrectionNational ConventionPolitical ViolenceCommune of ParisGirondinsJacobinsPurgeFactionalism

👮 Sans-culottes Force Arrest of Girondin Deputies

June 2: The sans-culottes and soldiers of the Paris Commune, led by François Hanriot, occupy the hall of the convention and force it to vote for the arrest of 29 Girondins deputies, and two ministers, Claviére and Lebrun.
French RevolutionGirondinsSans-culottesParis CommuneNational ConventionPolitical PurgeFrançois HanriotRadicalizationFactionalismTerror

🏛️ Moderate Deputies Purged from National Convention

October 3: Additional moderate deputies are accused and excluded from the Assembly; a total of 136 deputies are excluded.
French RevolutionNational ConventionPurgesPolitical ViolenceFactionalismRadicalizationTerrorDeputiesExclusionModerates

🏛️ Girondin Deputies Reinstated in the Convention

December 8: Seventy-three surviving Girondin deputies are given seats again in the convention.
French RevolutionGirondinsConventionPolitical RehabilitationThermidorian ReactionFactionalismPolitical PurgesReconciliationPost-Terror