1793 ⟶ Sans-culottes Force Arrest of Girondin Deputies
June 2: The sans-culottes and soldiers of the Paris Commune,...
Year
1793
1794
👮 Sans-culottes Force Arrest of Girondin Deputies
June 2: The sans-culottes and soldiers of the Paris Commune, led by François Hanriot, occupy the hall of the convention and force it to vote for the arrest of 29 Girondins deputies, and two ministers, Claviére and Lebrun.⟶
French RevolutionGirondinsSans-culottesParis CommuneNational ConventionPolitical PurgeFrançois HanriotRadicalizationFactionalismTerror
🏛️ Paris Mayor Demands Expulsion of Girondin Deputies
✊ Sans-culottes Insurrection Forces Convention Purge
May 31: Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793. An armed crowd of sans-culottes organized by the Commune storms the hall of the convention and demands that it disband. The deputies resist.⟶
French RevolutionSans-culottesInsurrectionNational ConventionPolitical ViolenceCommune of ParisGirondinsJacobinsPurgeFactionalism
🏛️ Moderate Deputies Purged from National Convention
October 3: Additional moderate deputies are accused and excluded from the Assembly; a total of 136 deputies are excluded.⟶
French RevolutionNational ConventionPurgesPolitical ViolenceFactionalismRadicalizationTerrorDeputiesExclusionModerates
🔪 Girondin Deputies Executed by Guillotine
October 31: The 21 Girondins deputies are guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotineGirondinsPolitical PurgeExecutionRadicalismViolenceFactionalismAtrocity
🏛️ Girondin Deputies Reinstated in the Convention
December 8: Seventy-three surviving Girondin deputies are given seats again in the convention.⟶
French RevolutionGirondinsConventionPolitical RehabilitationThermidorian ReactionFactionalismPolitical PurgesReconciliationPost-Terror