1799Sieyès Shuts Down the Jacobin Club

August 13: Sieyès orders the closing of the new Jacobin Club...
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⚔️ Muscadins Assault the Jacobin Club

November 9: Muscadins attack the Jacobin Club. The attack is repeated on November 11.
MuscadinsJacobin ClubThermidorian ReactionCounter-RevolutionPolitical ViolenceSocial ConflictDirectoryPost-TerrorElite vs. PopulaceParis

🏛️ Convention Suspends Jacobin Club Meetings

November 12: The Convention orders the suspension of meetings of the Jacobin Club.
JacobinsConventionPolitical ClubsThermidorian ReactionFrench RevolutionPolitical PurgesRevolutionary GovernmentFactionalismSuppressionPolitical Opposition

🚪 Bonaparte Shuts Down the Club du Panthéon

February 28: On the orders of the Directory, General Bonaparte closes the extreme leftist Club du Panthéon, founded by a follower of Marat.
Bonaparte Shuts Down the Club du Panthéon (1796)
French RevolutionDirectoryBonapartePolitical repressionLeft-wingClubsPolitical oppositionMaratCensorship

🏛️ Sieyès Shuts Down the Jacobin Club

August 13: Sieyès orders the closing of the new Jacobin Club in Paris.
JacobinsSieyèsClubsDirectoryPolitical SuppressionFrench RevolutionParisFactionalismPost-Thermidor

👥 Neo-Jacobin Club Founded in Paris

July 7: A neo-Jacobin club, the Société des amis de la Liberté et de l'Égalité ("Society of the Friends of Liberty and Equality"), is founded in Paris.
JacobinsClubsPolitical ClubsParisFrench RevolutionSocietyEqualityLibertyIdeology

🤝 Sieyès's Failed Coup Attempt: Moreau's Refusal

October 14: Sieyès invites General Moreau to organize a coup d'état against the Jacobins in the Councils, but Moreau refuses.
Sieyès's Failed Coup Attempt: Moreau's Refusal (1799)
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