Second Ventose Decree
Saint-Just develops the Ventose program by linking the punishment of political enemies with material assistance for needy patriots.
Role range: 1789-1799
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Louis Antoine Saint-Just Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Louis Antoine Saint-Just through 103 dated historical records for France.
Louis Antoine Saint-Just, historical timeline
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1794
Report Against Hebertists
Saint-Just denounces the Hebertist faction before the Convention as a conspiracy threatening revolutionary government and republican unity.
Role range: 1789-1799
Report Against Dantonists
Saint-Just presents accusations against Danton and his associates, and the Convention approves a decree placing leading Dantonists on trial.
Role range: 1789-1799
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend the Committee of Public Safety as opposition to Robespierre grows
Role range: 1789-1795
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend the Committee of Public Safety as opposition to Robespierre grows.
Role range: 1789-1795
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend Robespierre and the authority of the Committee of Public Safety
Role range: 1789-1799
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend Robespierre and the authority of the Committee of Public Safety.
Role range: 1789-1799
Interrupted Convention report - Public response
Louis Antoine Saint-Just figured in events surrounding interrupted convention report at Paris. His inability to complete the address deprived Robespierre's allies of a planned defense. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.
Role range: 1793-1799
Interrupted Convention report
Saint-Just tried to deliver a report during the sitting of 9 Thermidor but opponents interrupted him. His inability to complete the address deprived Robespierre's allies of a planned defense.
Role range: 1793-1799
Arrest of Louis Antoine Saint-Just
Saint-Just is arrested with Robespierre and Couthon after the Convention turns against them
Role range: 1789-1799
Arrest of Louis Antoine Saint-Just
Saint-Just is arrested with Robespierre and Couthon after the Convention turns against them.
Role range: 1789-1799
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just is interrupted before he can deliver his defence of Robespierre
Role range: 1789-1799
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just is interrupted before he can deliver his defence of Robespierre.
Role range: 1789-1799
Saint-Just executed - Balance of power
Louis Antoine Saint-Just figured in events surrounding saint-just executed at Paris. The young revolutionary's death removed a prominent advocate of centralized emergency government. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.
Role range: 1793-1799
Saint-Just executed
Saint-Just was executed in Paris with Robespierre and other associates following their outlawry. The young revolutionary's death removed a prominent advocate of centralized emergency government.
Role range: 1793-1799
Execution
Saint-Just is executed with Robespierre and other allies after the Thermidorian revolt
Role range: 1789-1795
Execution
Saint-Just is executed with Robespierre and other allies after the Thermidorian revolt.
Role range: 1789-1795
Execution
Saint-Just is executed with Robespierre and other leading supporters
Role range: 1789-1799
Execution
Saint-Just is executed with Robespierre and other leading supporters.
Role range: 1789-1799
First Ventose Property Proposal
Saint-Just proposed transferring confiscated property of designated revolutionary enemies to impoverished patriots, joining social assistance to political repression.
Role range: 1789-1799
Saint-Just Oversees Northern Forces
Saint-Just joined political representatives supervising the armies, insisting on discipline and unity during major offensive operations.
Role range: 1789-1799
Second Ventose Proposal Refines Assistance
Saint-Just pressed for identifying both indigent patriots and the property of suspects, but implementation of his proposed redistribution remained limited.
Role range: 1789-1799
Saint-Just supports prosecutions against alleged extremists
Saint-Just defended revolutionary government against groups accused of fomenting internal disorder. The condemnation of Hébertist leaders strengthened the committees' control over political violence.
Role range: 1793-1799
Accusations against Dantonists
Saint-Just presented accusations against Georges Danton and his associates, enabling their revolutionary prosecution.
Role range: 1793-1799
Aftermath of Fleurus
The success at Fleurus weakened the argument that an immediate invasion threatened the Republic and altered the political context of emergency rule.
Role range: 1793-1799
Collapse of Hébertist opposition
The execution of Hébertist leaders changed the factional balance shortly before Saint-Just acted against the Indulgents.
Role range: 1793-1799
Committee Powers Extend Over Revolutionary Trials
Emergency committees became more directly connected to political prosecution as the regime asserted centralized authority over cases of suspected conspiracy.
Role range: 1793-1799
Convention orders arrest
The Convention ordered Saint-Just arrested alongside Robespierre and leading allies during the crisis of 9 Thermidor.
Role range: 1793-1799
Convention presidency begins
Saint-Just served as president of the National Convention during February and March while retaining an active role in emergency politics.
Role range: 1793-1799
Creation of general police bureau
Saint-Just proposed further centralization of surveillance and policing through a new bureau attached to revolutionary government.
Role range: 1793-1799
Defeat of Commune resistance
The collapse of the Paris Commune's attempt to protect the Robespierrists left Saint-Just and his companions in the Convention's power.
Role range: 1793-1799
Denunciation of Hébertist leaders
Saint-Just helped formulate the case against the Hébertist faction, which was accused of destabilizing the Republic.
Role range: 1793-1799
Downfall of Robespierrist circle
The fall of Saint-Just and Robespierre removed figures who had defended emergency rule as essential to republican virtue.
Role range: 1793-1799
End of Saint-Just committee service
Saint-Just's death terminated his role in the Committee of Public Safety at the moment the revolutionary government began to change direction.
Role range: 1793-1799
Execution of Dantonists
The execution of Danton and his allies followed the committee-backed prosecution in which Saint-Just played a leading role.
Role range: 1793-1799
Execution of Saint-Just
Saint-Just was guillotined on 28 July with Robespierre and other members of the defeated faction.
Role range: 1793-1799
Festival of Supreme Being
Saint-Just was in the capital during the Festival of the Supreme Being, a major civic celebration associated with Robespierre's political program.
Role range: 1793-1799
First Ventôse proposal
Saint-Just proposed redistributing property seized from enemies of the Revolution to impoverished supporters of the Republic.
Role range: 1793-1799
First mission to northern armies
Saint-Just was dispatched to the Army of the North to address military weaknesses and conflicts among representatives and commanders.
Role range: 1793-1799
Fleurus campaign
French forces won the Battle of Fleurus during Saint-Just's mission, helping secure the northern frontier and advance into the Austrian Netherlands.
Role range: 1793-1799
Records, sources and methodology
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