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Coup

France · Politics / Jacobin Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1792

Maximilien Francois Marie RobespierreMay 1792

Paris · Politics / Jacobin Party

The Jacobins assumed more and more power during the spring of 1793, with the support of the Parisian mob, which overawed the Convention, culminating in a coup at the end of May

Names involved

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre

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