1795 ⟶ White Terror Begins: Assassinations of Jacobins in Lyon
February 14; Several former Jacobin leaders in Lyon, who con...
Year
1795
🔪 White Terror Begins: Assassinations of Jacobins in Lyon
February 14; Several former Jacobin leaders in Lyon, who conducted the Terror there, are assassinated, beginning of the so-called First White Terror.⟶
White TerrorCounter-RevolutionJacobinsLyonAssassinationViolenceFrench RevolutionPolitical ViolenceRevenge
🔪 Thermidorian Reaction: Anti-Jacobin Violence and Arrests
February 22: In the convention, the deputy Rovère demands the punishment of Jacobins who carried out the Terror. Former Jacobin leaders in several cities placed under arrest. Four Jacobins in Nîmes who conducted the Terror there are assassinated.⟶
Thermidorian ReactionWhite TerrorJacobinsRevengeAssassinationPolitical ViolenceFrench RevolutionNîmesConvention
🔪 Jacobin Leaders Assassinated in Bourg-en-Bresse
April 19: Assassination of six Jacobins involved in the Terror in Bourg-en-Bresse.⟶
French RevolutionTerrorJacobinsAssassinationBourg-en-BresseCounter-RevolutionViolencePolitical ViolenceRetributionLocal Uprising
🔪 Jacobin Massacre in Lyon
May 4: Massacre of twenty-five Jacobins imprisoned in Lyon.⟶
French RevolutionLyonMassacreTerrorJacobinsCounter-RevolutionPolitical ViolenceRepressionPrisoners