1793Revolutionary Tribunal Begins Trials

April 6: First session of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
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🔪 First Execution by Revolutionary Tribunal

August 21: First summary judgement by the Revolutionary Tribunal and execution by the guillotine of a royalist, Louis Collenot d'Angremont (fr).
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⚖️ Revolutionary Tribunal Begins Trials

April 6: First session of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
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⚖️ Revolutionary Tribunal Established

March 10: Revolutionary Tribunal established in Paris, with Fouquier-Tinville as the public prosecutor.
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🔪 Charlotte Corday Executed for Marat's Assassination

July 17: Charlotte Corday is tried and sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal for murdering Marat. She is guillotined after her trial.
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🏛️ Danton's Trial: Accusations and Insults Before the Revolutionary Tribunal

April 2: Trial of Danton before the Revolutionary Tribunal. He uses the occasion to ridicule and insult his opponents.
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⚖️ Convention Abolishes the Revolutionary Tribunal

May 31: The Convention abolishes the Revolutionary Tribunal.
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