1794 ⟶ Robespierre Reaches Reconciliation with Committees
July 23: Robespierre attends a meeting of reconciliation wit...
Year
1794
🤝 Robespierre Reaches Reconciliation with Committees
July 23: Robespierre attends a meeting of reconciliation with the members of the Committees of Public Safety and General Security, and the dispute seems settled.⟶
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📜 Committees Denounce Cordeliers Uprising
March 11: The Committees of Public Safety and General Security denounce a planned uprising by the Cordeliers.⟶
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🗣️ Billaud-Varenne's Implicit Criticism of Robespierre Before the Convention
April 20: In a report to the convention, the deputy Billaud-Varenne delivers a veiled attack against Robespierre: "All people jealous of their liberty should be on guard even against the virtues of those who occupy eminent positions."⟶
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👮 Robespierre Establishes New Police Bureau
April 23: Robespierre creates a new Bureau of Police attached to the Committee of Public Safety, in opposition to the existing police under the Committee of General Safety.⟶
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🗣️ Robespierre Denounces Conspiracy at the Jacobin Club
July 1: Robespierre speaks at the Jacobin Club, denouncing a conspiracy against him within the convention, the Committee of Public Safety, and the Committee of General Security.⟶
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🗣️ Robespierre's Speech Incites Convention Divisions, Fails to Provoke Immediate Action
July 26: Robespierre gives a violent speech at the convention, demanding, without naming them, the arrest and punishment of "traitors" in the Committees of Public Safety and General Security. The Convention first votes to publish the speech, but Billaud-Varenne and Cambon demand names and attack Robespierre. The Convention sends Robespierre's speech to the Committees for further study, without action.⟶
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