Execution
Robespierre is executed by guillotine on 10 Thermidor after being declared an outlaw.
Role range: 1789-1799
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Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre Biography and Timeline — Page 5
Follow Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre through 197 dated historical records for France.
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre, historical timeline
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1794–1795Years on this page
1794
Death of Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Taken from the hotel de ville & guillotined with 21 of his supporters
Role range: 1793-1799 – 1793-1794
Death of Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Taken from the hotel de ville and guillotined with 21 of his supporters.
Role range: 1793-1799 – 1793-1794
Dismissal
Removed from the Revolutionary Tribunal
Role range: 1793-1799 – 1793-1794
Dismissal
Robespierre was removed from the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Role range: 1793-1799 – 1793-1794
Execution
Taken from the Hotel de Ville & guillotined with 21 of his supporters
Role range: 1793-1799 – 1793-1794
Revolutionary Tribunal
Removed from the Revolutionary Tribunal
Role range: 1793-1799 – 1793-1794
Committee of Public Safety
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic
Jacobin Club
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic
Committee of Public Safety
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic
Role range: 1789-1792
Committee of Public Safety
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic.
Role range: 1789-1792
Constitution of France
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic
Role range: 1789-1792
Execution
Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself
Role range: 1789-1792
Execution
Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself.
Role range: 1789-1792
Jacobin Club
Jacobin rule increasingly depended on the Committee of Public Safety until Robespierre’s overthrow weakened the movement.
Role range: 1789-1792
Jacobin Club
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic. Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself
Role range: 1789-1792
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror reached its political peak under the emergency committees before Robespierre’s fall on 9 Thermidor.
Role range: 1789-1792
Reign of Terror
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic. Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself
Role range: 1789-1792
Thermidor
Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself
Role range: 1789-1792
Municipal Leadership Changes After Hebertist Purge
After the execution of Hebert and his allies municipal offices were reorganized under figures closer to Robespierre. The change weakened a formerly powerful radical faction.
Role range: 1793-1799
Revolutionary Political Morality Defended
Robespierre linked civic virtue to republican security before the Convention, offering a disputed justification for coercive emergency government.
Role range: 1789-1799
Capital Sentences Become More Common
The simplified trial process contributed to an increased pace of death sentences during the last weeks of the Terror.
Role range: 1793-1799
Judicial Acceleration Deepens Public Anxiety
The rapid prosecution of alleged enemies after Prairial increased fear among deputies and citizens that accusations could lead quickly to execution.
Role range: 1793-1799
Last Weeks of Terror See Increased Executions
The period after the Prairial law saw a substantial escalation of Revolutionary Tribunal executions, ending only after the Thermidorian crisis.
Role range: 1793-1799
Revolutionary Tribunal Defense Rights Reduced
Under the Prairial law defendants faced major limits on witnesses and legal advocacy, undermining procedural protections in political trials.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre Supports Emergency Justice Changes
Robespierre stood among the leading supporters of stronger revolutionary justice during a period in which suspected political enemies faced accelerated prosecution.
Role range: 1793-1799
Jacobin Club
Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself.
Role range: 1789-1792
Jacobin Club
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic.
Role range: 1789-1792
Jacobin Club
Thermidor is an alliance between those who felt Robespierre had gone too far and those who felt he had not gone far enough they were unable to maintain their control of the Convention
Role range: 1789-1792
Jacobin Club
Thermidor is an alliance between those who felt Robespierre had gone too far and those who felt he had not gone far enough they were unable to maintain their control of the Convention.
Role range: 1789-1792
Jacobin Club
eased out of power & the Jacobins dissolve
Role range: 1789-1792
Jacobin Club
eased out of power and the Jacobins dissolve.
Role range: 1789-1792
Thermidor
Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself. Thermidor is an alliance between those who felt Robespierre had gone too far and those who felt he had not gone far enough, they were unable to maintain their control of the Convention, eased out of power & the Jacobins dissolve
Role range: 1789-1792
Thermidor
Robespierre’s overthrow on 9 Thermidor united opponents of different factions and began a rapid decline in Jacobin power.
Role range: 1789-1792
1795
Committee of General Security
The Committee's ceased to exist under the Constitution of 1795, which marked the beginning of the Directory
Role range: 1789-1792
Committee of Public Safety
The Committee's ceased to exist under the Constitution of 1795, which marked the beginning of the Directory
Role range: 1789-1792
Constitution of France
The Committee's ceased to exist under the Constitution of 1795, which marked the beginning of the Directory
Role range: 1789-1792
Records, sources and methodology
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