1793 ⟶ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention
August 22: Robespierre is elected the president of the conve...Year
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🔪 Robespierre Calls for King Louis XVI's Execution
December 3: Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins and First Deputy for Paris in the convention, demands that the King be put to death.⟶

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🗳️ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention
August 22: Robespierre is elected the president of the convention.⟶
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🗣️ Robespierre Condemns the Enragés in the National Convention
June 26; Robespierre denounces the enragés before the convention.⟶
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🗳️ Robespierre's Election to the Committee of Public Safety
July 27: Robespierre elected to the Committee of Public Safety.⟶
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🗳️ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention
June 4: Robespierre is unanimously elected president of the convention.⟶
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🏛️ National Government Takes Direct Control of Paris
August 31: The Convention puts Paris under the direct control of the national government.⟶
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