1793Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention

August 22: Robespierre is elected the president of the conve...
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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.
Robespierre Calls for King Louis XVI's Execution (1792)
French RevolutionRobespierreJacobinsLouis XVIExecutionRegicideNational ConventionPoliticsRadicalismRepublic

🗳️ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention

August 22: Robespierre is elected the president of the convention.
RobespierreNational ConventionFrench RevolutionLeadershipPoliticsJacobinsCommittee of Public SafetyRevolutionary GovernmentPresidency

🗣️ Robespierre Condemns the Enragés in the National Convention

June 26; Robespierre denounces the enragés before the convention.
RobespierreEnragésNational ConventionFactionalismPolitical OppositionFrench RevolutionRadicalsPolitical DiscourseDantonists

🗳️ Robespierre's Election to the Committee of Public Safety

July 27: Robespierre elected to the Committee of Public Safety.
RobespierreCommittee of Public SafetyFrench RevolutionRadicalismReign of TerrorPoliticsLegislative BodyJacobinsNational ConventionLeadership

🗳️ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention

June 4: Robespierre is unanimously elected president of the convention.
French RevolutionNational ConventionRobespierreLeadershipPoliticsRevolutionary GovernmentJacobinsPolitical PowerCommittee of Public Safety

🏛️ National Government Takes Direct Control of Paris

August 31: The Convention puts Paris under the direct control of the national government.
French RevolutionParisNational ConventionCentralizationGovernment ControlPolitical PowerRevolutionary GovernmentJacobins