Further conspiracy report
Saint-Just issued an additional report while the Dantonist trial was underway, presenting the defendants as participants in a wider plot.
Role range: 1793-1799
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Louis Antoine Saint-Just Biography and Timeline — Page 3
Follow Louis Antoine Saint-Just through 103 dated historical records for France.
Louis Antoine Saint-Just, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1794–1794Years on this page
1794
Inspection of soldiers' needs
Saint-Just's northern mission examined practical requirements of soldiers and the need for effective equipment and support.
Role range: 1793-1799
Interrupted Convention address
On 27 July Saint-Just was interrupted at the opening of his planned speech as deputies turned against Robespierre's faction.
Role range: 1793-1799
Investigating command failures
Saint-Just examined problems of leadership and logistics in the northern armies after setbacks and disagreements among officers.
Role range: 1793-1799
Law and justice report
Saint-Just's April report linked questions of criminal justice, administration and factional conspiracies within emergency government.
Role range: 1793-1799
Operations around Charleroi
Saint-Just was with representatives overseeing the Army of the North during the operations leading to Charleroi's surrender.
Role range: 1793-1799
Outlawry and sentence
Saint-Just was treated as an outlaw following the Thermidorian revolt, leading to execution without a conventional criminal trial.
Role range: 1793-1799
Prairial Justice Contributes to Thermidor Tension
The wider atmosphere of suspicion created by accelerated trials helped strain relations among revolutionary leaders before Robespierres fall.
Role range: 1793-1799
Preparation of Thermidor speech
Saint-Just prepared a defense of the revolutionary leadership as opposition to Robespierre gained strength within the Convention.
Role range: 1793-1799
Pressure on northern commanders
Saint-Just exercised political oversight over military leaders while French forces prepared operations against Austrian positions.
Role range: 1793-1799
Principles of revolutionary institutions
Saint-Just linked republican institutions to civic conduct in his political writing, seeking a durable foundation for the revolutionary state.
Role range: 1793-1799
Recall to Paris
Saint-Just briefly returned from the northern front during heightened political anxiety following attempts against revolutionary leaders.
Role range: 1793-1799
Renewed committee tensions
Saint-Just returned to a government divided by conflicts between Robespierre and other members of the revolutionary committees.
Role range: 1793-1799
Renewed journey to northern front
Saint-Just departed again for the Army of the North as the French offensive developed in June.
Role range: 1793-1799
Report against foreign factions
Saint-Just delivered a report alleging that corrupt factions and foreign interests were undermining revolutionary government.
Role range: 1793-1799
Report on Hérault de Séchelles
Saint-Just reported on accusations involving Hérault de Séchelles as the committees broadened their investigations of suspected conspiracies.
Role range: 1793-1799
Return from Rhine mission
Saint-Just resumed committee work after the winter campaign on the eastern frontier.
Role range: 1793-1799
Saint Just and Centralized Revolutionary Security
Saint Just belonged to the emergency government that treated conspiracies and military danger as grounds for extraordinary judicial and administrative powers.
Role range: 1793-1799
Second Ventôse measure
A subsequent Ventôse measure elaborated the plan to identify detained suspects and property that might be redistributed.
Role range: 1793-1799
Second northern army mission
Saint-Just returned to the Army of the North with Philippe Le Bas to supervise campaigning against Coalition troops.
Role range: 1793-1799
Social meaning of Ventôse decrees
Saint-Just's Ventôse policy sought to associate republican loyalty with economic relief, although practical implementation was limited.
Role range: 1793-1799
Transfer during Thermidor crisis
Saint-Just's custody was caught up in the confused struggle between Convention authorities and supporters of the arrested leaders.
Role range: 1793-1799
Unrealized property redistribution
The ambitious redistribution promised by the Ventôse decrees remained substantially unrealized before Saint-Just's overthrow.
Role range: 1793-1799
Records, sources and methodology
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