1794 ⟶ Saint-Just Denounces Conspiracy; Hébertists Arrested

March 13: Saint-Just, President of the convention, denounces...
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1794

👮 Revolutionary Government Reinstated in Bordeaux, Opponents Arrested

September 18: Convention re-establishes revolutionary government in Bordeaux. Opponents are arrested and imprisoned.⟶
French RevolutionBordeauxRevolutionary GovernmentArrestImprisonmentPolitical PurgeRegional PowerReign of TerrorConvention

👮 Saint-Just Denounces Conspiracy; Hébertists Arrested

March 13: Saint-Just, President of the convention, denounces a plot against liberty and the French people. Hébert and many other Cordeliers are arrested.⟶
Saint-Just Denounces Conspiracy; Hébertists Arrested (1794)
French RevolutionReign of TerrorSaint-JustHébertistsFactionalismPolitical PurgeConventionArrestCordeliersLiberty

⚖️ Hébertist Trial Begins: A Purge of Radicals

March 21: Trial of the Hébertists begins. To compromise them, they are tried together with foreign bankers, aristocrats and counter-revolutionaries.⟶
French RevolutionHébertistsReign of TerrorTrialsPolitical PurgeFactionalismRadicalsCounter-RevolutionariesGuillotineJustice

🔪 Hébertists Executed in Paris

March 24: Hébert and leaders of the Cordeliers are condemned to death and guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorHébertistsCordeliers ClubGuillotinePolitical PurgesFactionalismRadicalismExecutionParis

👮 Saint-Just Proposes Centralized Police Control

April 15: A report to the convention by Saint-Just calls from greater centralization of the police under the control of the Committee for Public Safety.⟶
French RevolutionCommittee for Public SafetySaint-JustPoliceCentralizationReign of TerrorPolitical ControlConventionGovernmentSecurity

🗣️ 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.⟶
French RevolutionRobespierreJacobin ClubCommittee of Public SafetyCommittee of General SecurityPolitical IntrigueReign of TerrorFactionalismConvention