1793Sans-culottes Insurrection Forces Convention Purge

May 31: Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793. An armed crowd...
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✊ 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.
Sans-culottes Insurrection Forces Convention Purge (1793)
French RevolutionSans-culottesInsurrectionNational ConventionPolitical ViolenceCommune of ParisGirondinsJacobinsPurgeFactionalism

🏛️ Paris Mayor Demands Expulsion of Girondin Deputies

April 15: The mayor of Paris, Jean Nicolas Pache, demands that the Convention expel 23 deputies belonging to the moderate Girondin faction.
French RevolutionGirondinsJacobinsParis CommuneNational ConventionPolitical IntrigueFactionalismPurgeRadicalizationDeputies

👮 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

✊ Sans-culottes Pressure Convention, Demand Arrests and Army

September 4: Sans-culottes occupy the convention and demand the arrest of suspected opponents of the Revolution, and the creation of a new revolutionary army of 60,000 men.
Sans-culottesRevolutionary ArmyPopular PressureRadicalismPolitical ViolenceConventionFrench RevolutionSocial UnrestCivil SocietyDemand

⚔️ Jacobin and Sans-culotte Uprising Quashed by Convention Army

May 20: Armed uprising against the Convention by Jacobins and sans-culottes. They invade the hall of the convention and kill deputy Féraud. The army responds quickly and clears out the hall. The Convention votes the arrest of the Deputies involved in the uprising.
Jacobin and Sans-culotte Uprising Quashed by Convention Army (1795)
French RevolutionJacobinsSans-culottesConventionUprisingCivil UnrestArmed ConflictPolitical ViolenceCounter-revolution

✊ Jacobin-Sans-culottes Uprising in Paris

May 21: New uprising of Jacobins and sans-culottes in Paris; they occupy the Hôtel de Ville.
JacobinsSans-culottesParisUprisingRevolutionHôtel de Ville1795French RevolutionPolitical ViolencePopular Movement