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Opposition to Revolutionary Violence

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

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1792Date range
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Chronological records

1792

Olympe GougesDecember 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Olympe de Gouges publicly opposed escalating revolutionary violence and criticized the politics associated with the Terror.

Names involved

Olympe Gouges

Provenance

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