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Jean-Lambert Tallien Biography and Timeline

Follow Jean-Lambert Tallien through 13 dated historical records for France.

Jean-Lambert Tallien, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1794

Opposition gathers in the Convention - Political consequence

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding opposition gathers in the convention at Paris. His contacts with other threatened representatives helped prepare parliamentary resistance. It exposed divisions among revolutionary deputies over who should control punishment, representation and public order.

Role range: 1793-1799

Opposition gathers in the Convention

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Tallien was among deputies who feared that Robespierre's accusations would lead to further purges. His contacts with other threatened representatives helped prepare parliamentary resistance.

Role range: 1793-1799

Tallien challenges Robespierre - Balance of power

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding tallien challenges robespierre at Paris. His intervention emboldened members who wanted to arrest the leading Robespierrists. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.

Role range: 1793-1799

Tallien challenges Robespierre

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Tallien helped lead the confrontation in the National Convention against Robespierre on 9 Thermidor. His intervention emboldened members who wanted to arrest the leading Robespierrists.

Role range: 1793-1799

Thermidorian Attack on Robespierre

Member of National Convention · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Tallien confronts Robespierre in the Convention and helps rally deputies against the dominant members of the Committee of Public Safety.

Role range: 1789-1799

Emergency justice revised - Institutional consequence

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding emergency justice revised at Paris. Tallien belonged to the ascendant faction pressing against renewed concentration of punitive power. This episode contributed to the replacement of centralized Jacobin emergency rule with a less unified, more conservative Convention.

Role range: 1793-1799

Emergency justice revised

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

In the immediate aftermath of Thermidor the Convention began dismantling the extraordinary procedures associated with the Terror. Tallien belonged to the ascendant faction pressing against renewed concentration of punitive power.

Role range: 1793-1799

Jacobin Club closed - Longer-term significance

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding jacobin club closed at Paris. The decision sharply reduced the organizational influence of the radical Jacobin movement. It formed part of the unsettled transition that eventually produced the Constitution of Year III and the Directory.

Role range: 1793-1799

Jacobin Club closed

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

The Convention closed the Paris Jacobin Club after confrontations involving opponents of its remaining militants. The decision sharply reduced the organizational influence of the radical Jacobin movement.

Role range: 1793-1799

1795

Moderate factions regain leverage - Public response

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding moderate factions regain leverage at Paris. The realignment changed political alliances without ending intense conflict over the Revolution's legacy. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.

Role range: 1793-1799

Moderate factions regain leverage

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Tallien remained influential as the Convention increasingly favored measures against surviving Jacobin networks. The realignment changed political alliances without ending intense conflict over the Revolution's legacy.

Role range: 1793-1799

Germinal crowd invades Convention - Longer-term significance

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding germinal crowd invades convention at Paris. Tallien and other deputies confronted renewed pressure from Parisian popular movements. It formed part of the unsettled transition that eventually produced the Constitution of Year III and the Directory.

Role range: 1793-1799

Germinal crowd invades Convention

Convention deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Hungry demonstrators entered the Convention during the Germinal uprising demanding bread and the democratic constitution of 1793. Tallien and other deputies confronted renewed pressure from Parisian popular movements.

Role range: 1793-1799

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