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Law of Suspects

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1793Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1793

Bertrand Barere17 September 1793

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

The Law of Suspects expands arrests of those considered enemies of the Revolution during Jacobin rule

Bertrand Barere17 September 1793

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

The Law of Suspects expands arrests of those considered enemies of the Revolution during Jacobin rule.

Philippe Antoine Merlin de Douai17 September 1793

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Merlin de Douai presents the legislation defining categories of suspects who could be arrested during the revolutionary emergency.

Names involved

Bertrand BarerePhilippe Antoine Merlin de Douai

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