Jean Lambert Tallien Biography

Tallien supports the campaign against surviving Robespierrists and radical Jacobins

Tallien supports the campaign against surviving Robespierrists and radical Jacobins.

Tallien attacks Robespierre before the National Convention and helps start the revolt of 9 Thermidor

Tallien attacks Robespierre before the National Convention and helps start the revolt of 9 Thermidor.

Tallien becomes one of the visible leaders of the victorious Thermidorian deputies

Tallien becomes one of the visible leaders of the victorious Thermidorian deputies.

Tallien returned to the Committee of Public Safety as Thermidorian leaders confronted renewed unrest in Paris.

Tallien was sent to the Army of the West during the continuing struggle against royalist and counter-revolutionary forces.

Tallien observed operations connected with the defeat of the royalist expedition at Quiberon and supported severe measures against captured participants.

After the Vendemiaire uprising, Tallien joined a five-member commission charged with proposing additional measures for public security.

Tallien was elected to the Council of Five Hundred by several departments and continued his legislative career under the Directory.

After the coup of Fructidor, Tallien attempted to moderate the treatment of some politicians targeted by the victorious Directory.

Tallien left the Council of Five Hundred at the end of his legislative term.

Tallien joined the Egyptian expedition as a civilian intellectual and later participated in the Institut d'Egypte and its publications.