Permanent historical factsheet

Thermidor

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

6Records
1794Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1794

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre27 July 1794

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

The Jacobin Club is closed after the execution of Robespierre and other members on 9 Thermidor of the year II (27 July 1794)

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre27 July 1794

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Robespierre is denounced in the Convention on 9 Thermidor and the Jacobin political system begins to collapse

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre27 July 1794

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Robespierre is denounced in the Convention on 9 Thermidor and the Jacobin political system begins to collapse.

Maximilien Francois Marie RobespierreJuly 1794

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre1794

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself. 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

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre1794

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Robespierre’s overthrow on 9 Thermidor united opponents of different factions and began a rapid decline in Jacobin power.

Names involved

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.