Follow Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre through 197 dated historical records for France.
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Robespierre remained with the Jacobin Club when leading constitutional monarchists departed. This decision strengthened his standing among activists who opposed retreat from revolutionary principles.
Role range: 1789-1792
Robespierre warned that foreign war could strengthen ambitious generals and undermine domestic liberty. His opposition put him at odds with Brissot and other pro war speakers.
Role range: 1789-1792
Robespierre, excluded from the new Assembly by the self-denying ordinance, argued publicly against the expectation that war would rescue the Revolution.
Role range: 1789-1799
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre opposed the War of Liberation because foreign countries are not ready for liberation.
Role range: 1789-1792
Opposes the War of Liberation because foreign countries are not ready for liberation
Role range: 1789-1792
Appointed Member of Jacobin Club
Role range: 1789-1792
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre became a member of the Jacobin Club.
Role range: 1789-1792
Robespierre warns in the club that war may strengthen generals and endanger the Revolution
Role range: 1789-1795
Robespierre warns in the club that war may strengthen generals and endanger the Revolution.
Role range: 1789-1795
The Jacobins assumed more and more power during the spring of 1793, with the support of the Parisian mob, which overawed the Convention, culminating in a coup at the end of May
The Jacobins assumed more and more power during the spring of 1793, with the support of the Parisian mob, which overawed the Convention, culminating in a coup at the end of May
The fall of Louis XVI increased the influence of radical clubs in the capital. Robespierre supported a political settlement based on the newly emerging republic.
Role range: 1789-1792
Robespierre was elected to the National Convention and took his place among the Montagnards.
Role range: 1789-1792
Renamed to the Societe des Jacobins, amis de la liberte et de legalite
The new French Republic creates a political setting in which the Jacobin Club becomes more openly republican
Role range: 1789-1795
The new French Republic creates a political setting in which the Jacobin Club becomes more openly republican.
Role range: 1789-1795
Robespierre argues before the Convention that Louis XVI must be condemned because the Republic cannot safely coexist with the former king.
Role range: 1789-1799
Supports the condemnation of Louis XVI to death for treason:"It is with regret that I pronounce, the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die, that the country may live"
Supports the condemnation of Louis XVI to death for treason:"It is with regret that I pronounce, the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die, that the country may live"
Robespierre supported the death sentence for Louis XVI, arguing that the former king had betrayed the nation.
Role range: 1789-1792
Supports the condemnation of Louis XVI to death for treason:"It is with regret that I pronounce, the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die, that the country may live"
Role range: 1789-1792
Supports the condemnation of Louis XVI to death for treason:"It is with regret that I pronounce, the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die, that the country may live"
Role range: 1789-1792
Supports the condemnation of Louis XVI to death for treason:"It is with regret that I pronounce, the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die, that the country may live"
Role range: 1789-1792
Appointed Member of Convention for Paris
After the fall of the monarchy Robespierre became a central figure in the Jacobin Club, and his faction in the National Convention, assembled in the fall of 1792, became known as Jacobins
Supports the condemnation of Louis XVI to death for treason:"It is with regret that I pronounce, the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die, that the country may live".
The Jacobins assumed more and more power during the spring of 1793, with the support of the Parisian mob, which overawed the Convention, culminating in a coup at the end of May.
They were at first a minority, also called "the Mountain" (Montagnards), because they sat together in the higher seats in the Conventions hall.
After the fall of the monarchy Robespierre became a central figure in the Jacobin Club, and his faction in the National Convention, assembled in the fall of 1792, became known as Jacobins
Robespierre participated in Parisian municipal politics during the period following the overthrow of the monarchy. The Commune connected neighborhood radicals to national revolutionary decision making.
Role range: 1789-1792
Appointed Member of Convention for Paris
Role range: 1789-1792
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre became a Convention deputy for Paris.
Role range: 1789-1792
Appointed Leader of the Mountain Party
Role range: 1789-1792
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre became a leading figure of the Mountain.
Role range: 1789-1792
The execution of Louis XVI intensifies conflict between Jacobins Girondins and foreign enemies of the Republic
Role range: 1789-1795
The execution of Louis XVI intensifies conflict between Jacobins Girondins and foreign enemies of the Republic.
Role range: 1789-1795
Robespierre presents the Convention with a radical draft declaration emphasizing equality, popular sovereignty and social obligations.
Role range: 1789-1799
The Jacobins assumed more and more power during the spring of 1793, with the support of the Parisian mob, which overawed the Convention, culminating in a coup at the end of May.
Role range: 1789-1792
The Jacobins will hold power until the summer of 1794, and they repeatedly purged the Convention of those they held disloyal to the Republic.
Role range: 1789-1792
ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months.
Role range: 1789-1792
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