Maximilien Robespierre

Artois electors sent Robespierre to the Estates General as one of their Third Estate representatives.

Robespierre spoke during debates on rights and religious liberty as the Assembly shaped the Declaration of Rights.

Robespierre becomes associated with the Society of the Friends of the Constitution as radical political debate grows in Paris.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre was appointed Member of Constituent Assembly.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre was appointed Member of Estates General.

Robespierre argues against property qualifications and gains support among radical democrats in the club.

Robespierre successfully argued that members of the Constituent Assembly should not sit in the next legislature.

Robespierre argues that the kings flight reveals a deep crisis of trust in the monarchy.

Argues that the king's flight exposes a grave crisis of trust in the monarchy.

After the kings flight to Varennes Robespierre and other Jacobins question the future of constitutional monarchy.

The Champ de Mars massacre deepens the division between moderate constitutionalists and more radical Jacobins.

The massacre deepens the split between radical Jacobins and moderate constitutionalists.

At the Constituent Assembly's close, crowds singled out Petion and Robespierre for a public ovation.

Crowds acclaimed Robespierre at the close of the Constituent Assembly, reflecting his growing popular reputation.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre opposed Brissotin arguments for revolutionary war.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre opposed the War of Liberation because foreign countries are not ready for liberation.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre became a member of the Jacobin Club.

Robespierre warns in the club that war may strengthen generals and endanger the Revolution.

Robespierre was elected to the National Convention and took his place among the Montagnards.

The new French Republic creates a political setting in which the Jacobin Club becomes more openly republican.

Robespierre supported the death sentence for Louis XVI, arguing that the former king had betrayed the nation.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre became a Convention deputy for Paris.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre became a leading figure of the Mountain.

The execution of Louis XVI intensifies conflict between Jacobins Girondins and foreign enemies of the Republic.

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.

The Jacobins will hold power until the summer of 1794, and they repeatedly purged the Convention of those they held disloyal to the Republic.

ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months.

The Jacobins will hold power until the summer of 1794, and they repeatedly purged the Convention of those they held disloyal to the Republic, ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months.

Robespierre promoted a Republic of Virtue while Jacobin rule intensified repression before his overthrow on 9 Thermidor.

The Committee is already entering a more powerful and active phase, which would see it become a de facto dictatorship alongside its similarly powerful partner, the Committee of General Security.

Robespierre joined the Committee of Public Safety as it expanded control over wartime policy, the Terror and the levee en masse.

Robespierre joins the Committee of Public Safety while Jacobin influence over revolutionary government increases.

The Committee is responsible for interpreting and applying the decrees of the National Convention, and thus for implementing some of the most stringent policies of the Terror and the levee en masse.

The Decree for the Levee en Masse is made.

Popular pressure places terror on the order of the day as Jacobin dominated government confronts war and revolt.

The broad and centralized powers of the Committee are codified by the Law of 14 Frimaire (also known as the Law of Revolutionary Government).

The Law of 14 Frimaire centralises revolutionary government under the Convention and its committees.

Couthon supports Robespierre and Saint-Just in promoting virtue discipline and revolutionary government.

Robespierre linked republican government with civic virtue in a major report on political morality.

The Paris commune is reorganized, Hebertists are replaced by supporters of Robespierre.

Danton and several allies are executed leaving Robespierre and the committees more isolated.

Robespierre presented the report that led the Convention to recognize the Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul.

Robespierre survived an assassination attempt.

Cecile Renault failed in an attempt to assassinate Robespierre.

Robespierre survived an assassination attempt by Cecile Renault.

Robespierre became president of the National Convention shortly before the Festival of the Supreme Being.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre was appointed High Priest for a festival of the supreme being.

Robespierre promotes the Festival of the Supreme Being as part of his vision of civic virtue.

Presides over the deistic worship of the supreme being held on the Champ de Mars.

The Law of 22 Prairial, proposed by the Committee of Public Safety and enacted on June 10, 1794, went further in establishing the iron control of the Revolutionary Tribunal and, above it, the Committee's of Public Safety and General Security.

In revolutionary tribunals juries have to decide between acquital or death. In revolutionary tribunals Defence lawyers are banned. Allows juries to convict without hearing evidence. A law is passed establishing the Great Terror.

In revolutionary tribunals juries have to decide between acquital or death. In revolutionary tribunals Defence lawyers are banned.

Robespierre addresses the National Convention and warns of unnamed conspirators within the government.

Robespierre refuses to name the deputies he accuses and increases fear among members of the Convention.

Saint-Just prepares to defend the Committee of Public Safety as opposition to Robespierre grows.

Saint-Just prepares to defend Robespierre and the authority of the Committee of Public Safety.

Saint-Just is arrested with Robespierre and Couthon after the Convention turns against them.

The Convention orders Robespierre arrested after deputies shout down his attempts to speak.

The convention orders the arrest of Robespirre.

Robespierre is brought to the Hotel de Ville as the Commune tries to create an armed uprising.

Paul Francois Barras was prominent in the overthrow of Robespierre.

Robespierre was overthrown during the revolution of 9 Thermidor.

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

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

Amar aligns with opponents of Robespierre as the Convention turns against the Jacobin leadership.

Barere accepts the turn against Robespierre and supports emergency measures by the Convention.

Billaud-Varenne denounces Robespierre and joins the deputies demanding his arrest.

Carnot stands with members of the government who reject Robespierres domination.

Collot dHerbois presides during the stormy Convention session against Robespierre.

Couthon is arrested with Robespierre and other leading Robespierrists.

Fleuriot-Lescot uses the Paris Commune to support Robespierre after the arrest order.

Hanriot attempts to mobilise armed support for Robespierre in Paris.

Le Bas remains loyal to Robespierre during the crisis and is arrested with the faction.

Legendre helps prevent Robespierre from rallying support in the Convention.

Payan encourages the Commune to rally the sections in defence of Robespierre.

Augustin Robespierre demands to share the fate of his brother and is arrested.

Saint-Just is interrupted before he can deliver his defence of Robespierre.

Tallien attacks Robespierre before the National Convention and helps start the revolt of 9 Thermidor.

Augustin Robespierre is injured after trying to escape from the Hotel de Ville.

Convention troops capture Robespierre after the Commune defence collapses.

Taken from the hotel de ville and guillotined with 21 of his supporters.

Robespierre was removed from the Revolutionary Tribunal.

Robespierre is executed and the Jacobin Club loses its dominant position in revolutionary politics.

Robespierre is executed by guillotine on 10 Thermidor after being declared an outlaw.

Saint-Just is executed with Robespierre and other allies after the Thermidorian revolt.

Saint-Just is executed with Robespierre and other leading supporters.

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.

Jacobin rule increasingly depended on the Committee of Public Safety until Robespierre’s overthrow weakened the movement.

The Reign of Terror reached its political peak under the emergency committees before Robespierre’s fall on 9 Thermidor.

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.

eased out of power and the Jacobins dissolve.

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

Fouche survives the fall of Robespierre and aligns with the Thermidorian order.