1795 ⟶ Trial Begins for Fouquier-Tinville, Architect of the Reign of Terror
March 28: Beginning of the trial of Fouquier-Tinville, the h...
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1793
1794
1795
⚖️ Revolutionary Tribunal Established
March 10: Revolutionary Tribunal established in Paris, with Fouquier-Tinville as the public prosecutor.⟶
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⚖️ Revolutionary Tribunal Begins Trials
April 6: First session of the Revolutionary Tribunal.⟶
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🔪 Law of Suspects Enacted, Initiating the Reign of Terror
September 17: Convention adopts a new Law of Suspects, permitting the arrest and rapid trial of anyone suspected of opposing the Revolution. Start of Reign of Terror.⟶
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⚖️ 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.⟶
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⚖️ Trial Begins for Fouquier-Tinville, Architect of the Reign of Terror
March 28: Beginning of the trial of Fouquier-Tinville, the head of the Revolutionary Tribunal, who conducted the trials during the Terror.⟶
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🔪 Fouquier-Tinville and Tribunal Jurors Executed
May 7: The former chief prosecutor, Fouquier-Tinville, and the fourteen jurors of the Revolutionary Tribunal are condemned to death and guillotined.⟶
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