1795Trial of Uprising Supporters

June 12: Deputies who supported the May 20–22 uprising are p...
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1794
1795

⚖️ 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

⚖️ Trial of Uprising Supporters

June 12: Deputies who supported the May 20–22 uprising are put on trial.
TrialsRebellionJusticePolitical RepressionPost-Thermidorian ReactionGuillotineFrench Revolution1795Political Purges

⚖️ 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.
Trial Begins for Fouquier-Tinville, Architect of the Reign of Terror (1795)
French RevolutionReign of TerrorFouquier-TinvilleRevolutionary TribunalTrialsJusticeAccountabilityPolitical RepressionInsurrection

🕊️ Suicides of Condemned Deputies Following Uprising

June 17: Suicide of six deputies condemned to death for participation in the May 20–22 uprising.
French RevolutionTerrorPolitical ViolenceSuicideRebellionCondemnationDeputyGuillotineUprisingAftermath