Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie BarnaveJanuary 1790
The Society of the Friends of the Constitution becomes widely known as the Jacobin Club from its meeting place in the former Jacobin convent
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The Society of the Friends of the Constitution becomes widely known as the Jacobin Club from its meeting place in the former Jacobin convent
The Society of the Friends of the Constitution becomes widely known as the Jacobin Club from its meeting place in the former Jacobin convent.
The Jacobin Club expands its influence through speeches correspondence and affiliated societies
The Jacobin Club expands its influence through speeches correspondence and affiliated societies.
Helps found the Jacobin Club. Appointed Member of Ajaccio Jacobin Club
Napoleon I helped found the Jacobin Club. Appointed Member of Ajaccio Jacobin Club.
Appointed Member of Jacobin Club
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre became a member of the Jacobin Club.
Supports the condemnation of Louis XVI to death for treason:"It is with regret that I pronounce, the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die, that the country may live"
The Jacobin Club is closed after the execution of Robespierre and other members on 9 Thermidor of the year II (27 July 1794)
Jacobin rule increasingly depended on the Committee of Public Safety until Robespierre’s overthrow weakened the movement.
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic. Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself
Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself.
The ultimate political vehicle for the Jacobin movement was the Reign of Terror overseen by the Committee of Public Safety, who were given executive powers to purify and unify the Republic.
Thermidor is an alliance between those who felt Robespierre had gone too far and those who felt he had not gone far enough they were unable to maintain their control of the Convention
Thermidor is an alliance between those who felt Robespierre had gone too far and those who felt he had not gone far enough they were unable to maintain their control of the Convention.
eased out of power & the Jacobins dissolve
eased out of power and the Jacobins dissolve.
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