Louis XVI executed
Marie Antoinette
The former king was guillotined after his conviction by the National Convention. Marie Antoinette became a widow in prison and faced growing pressure for her own prosecution.
Reign of Terror
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Revolutionary Tribunal established: Extraordinary court urged
Georges Jacques Danton
Danton supported creating a revolutionary tribunal to address suspected political conspiracies during the military emergency. The court later became a central institution of the Terror.
Revolutionary Tribunal established: Security legislation defended
Maximilien Robespierre
Robespierre accepted emergency measures as part of the republic's struggle against counter-revolution. Their implementation raised profound questions about legal safeguards and political dissent.
Revolutionary Tribunal established: Suspected traitors targeted
Jean-Paul Marat
Marat's polemics encouraged distrust of alleged internal enemies as the Tribunal emerged. Radicals expected emergency justice to punish conspirators whom ordinary courts might fail to restrain.
Marat acquitted before popular celebration
Jacques-Pierre Brissot
Marat's acquittal by the Revolutionary Tribunal was celebrated by his supporters. The outcome demonstrated how little influence Brissot's camp held over mobilized Parisian crowds.
Marat Acquitted by Revolutionary Tribunal
Jean-Paul Marat
The court acquitted Marat after examining the allegations against him. Enthusiastic supporters then celebrated the judgment, worsening the struggle between Girondins and the Mountain.
Marat Acquitted of Political Charges
Jean Paul Marat
The Revolutionary Tribunal acquitted Marat after hearing the charges against him. Supporters celebrated the judgment and strengthened his public standing.
Marat Appears Before Revolutionary Tribunal
Jean Paul Marat
Jean Paul Marat faced prosecution after Girondin deputies accused him of inciting violence. His trial became a major confrontation between parliamentary factions.
Marat acquitted by Tribunal: Girondin prosecution fails
Jean-Paul Marat
Marat was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal after Girondin opponents secured accusations against him. His acquittal turned the prosecution into a triumph for radical supporters.
Marat Prosecuted on Girondin Charges
Jean-Paul Marat
The Revolutionary Tribunal heard charges prompted by Girondin opponents who accused Marat of inciting violence. The proceedings became a contest over the legitimacy of radical journalism and popular agitation.
Revolutionary Tribunal
Georges Jacques Danton
Forms the Revolutionary Tribunal and leads it until July.
Coup
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months.
Execution
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
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.
Reign of Terror
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Robespierre promoted a Republic of Virtue while Jacobin rule intensified repression before his overthrow on 9 Thermidor.
Charlotte Corday Tried for Killing Marat
Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal after assassinating Marat. Her trial linked an individual murder to the wider struggle between Girondins and Montagnards.
Corday Condemned After Marat Assassination
Charlotte Corday
The Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced Charlotte Corday to death for killing Jean Paul Marat. Her execution made the political tensions surrounding the assassination still more bitter.
Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Robespierre joined the Committee of Public Safety as it expanded control over wartime policy, the Terror and the levee en masse.
National Convention
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
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.
Transfer from Temple to Conciergerie
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was moved from the Temple to the Conciergerie under tighter security. Her new imprisonment placed her close to the Revolutionary Tribunal that would later judge her.
Custine Executed Following Tribunal Conviction
Adam Philippe Custine
Custine was guillotined following condemnation by the Revolutionary Tribunal. His fate reflected the intense suspicion surrounding military leadership during the emergency.
Death of Custine
Custine
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal and guillotined.
Bailly drawn into inquiry over former court
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Revolutionary authorities renewed their scrutiny of individuals linked to the former constitutional monarchy. Bailly's former official position left him exposed to political charges as the Terror intensified.
Reign of Terror
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Popular pressure places terror on the order of the day as Jacobin dominated government confronts war and revolt.
Revolutionary Tribunal Naming
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Billaud-Varenne supported formally naming the extraordinary criminal court the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Revolutionary government until peace: Committee authority defended
Georges Couthon
Couthon sided with colleagues seeking disciplined central action against counter-revolution. The decree established a governing principle that shaped the next phase of the Terror.
Former Queen Appears Before Revolutionary Judges
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was tried before the Revolutionary Tribunal after months of imprisonment. Prosecutors invoked charges of political conspiracy and betrayal of French interests.
Revolutionary Tribunal trial opens
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal as prosecutors portrayed her as an enemy of the nation. Witness testimony combined political allegations with damaging rumors about her personal life.
Death of Marie-Antoinette
Marie-Antoinette
The execution of Marie-Antoinette by the Guillotine. Death of Marie-Antoinette, executed by the guillotine.
Execution
Marie-Antoinette
Marie-Antoinette was executed by guillotine.
Execution at Place de la Revolution
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was taken from the Conciergerie to the Place de la Revolution and executed by guillotine. Her death marked the elimination of the former queen as a living emblem of Bourbon monarchy.
Former Queen Condemned by Tribunal
Marie Antoinette
The Revolutionary Tribunal returned a guilty verdict against Marie Antoinette after a highly politicized hearing. Her execution followed on 16 October as the Republic prosecuted symbols of the former monarchy.
Revolutionary Tribunal condemns Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
The tribunal found Marie Antoinette guilty of charges associated with conspiracy against the republic. Her death sentence followed an overnight conclusion to the trial.
Girondin defendants tried by Revolutionary Tribunal
Jacques-Pierre Brissot
Brissot and other Girondins faced a politically charged trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal. Proceedings drew upon accusations of conspiracy and opposition to the revolutionary government.
Brissot executed with Girondin colleagues
Jacques-Pierre Brissot
Brissot was guillotined in Paris with other condemned Girondins. His death marked the destruction of one of the republic's most prominent early advocates of revolutionary war.
Execution of Jacques Pierre Brissot
Jacques Pierre Brissot
The Revolutionary Tribunal condemned Brissot with fellow Girondins, and he went to the guillotine in Paris.
Girondin Defendants Guillotined After Verdict
Jacques Pierre Brissot
Brissot was executed with other condemned Girondin deputies. The executions marked the transformation of factional conflict into lethal judicial repression.
Girondin deputies face accelerated prosecution
Jacques-Pierre Brissot
The Revolutionary Tribunal was empowered to move rapidly against Brissot and other Girondin prisoners. Exceptional judicial procedures left the defendants few opportunities to challenge the political accusations against them.
Girondin leaders sentenced and executed: Orator executed with fellow deputies
Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud
Vergniaud was condemned by the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined with other Girondins. His death symbolized the destruction of the parliamentary opposition to the Mountain.
Marie Antoinette Questioned about Royal Politics
Marie Antoinette
The former queen faced a Revolutionary Tribunal prosecution concerning her alleged opposition to the Revolution and foreign contacts. The proceedings combined political allegations with attacks on her personal reputation.
Prosecutor Seeks Faster Girondin Verdict
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
Fouquier Tinville pressed the Revolutionary Tribunal to bring the Girondin proceedings to a conclusion. Exceptional procedures reduced the opportunity for prolonged defence and witness examination.
Execution of Olympe de Gouges
Olympe Gouges
Olympe de Gouges was executed after conviction by the Revolutionary Tribunal for her political publications.
Olympe de Gouges Executed by Tribunal Order
Olympe de Gouges
The Revolutionary Tribunal condemned Olympe de Gouges and she was guillotined. Her fate became a notable example of the punishment of political dissent.
Former Duke of Orleans Executed
Louis Philippe Egalite
Philippe Egalite was executed after conviction by the Revolutionary Tribunal. His death showed that public association with the Revolution did not guarantee safety.
Bailly prosecuted for anti-republican conduct
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
The Revolutionary Tribunal prosecuted Bailly amid accusations rooted in his municipal leadership and the Champ de Mars bloodshed. His earlier role in founding the National Assembly did not prevent prosecution.
Execution of Jean Sylvain Bailly
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Bailly's Revolutionary Tribunal sentence was carried out at the Champ de Mars after his conviction in Paris.
Execution of Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Bailly was guillotined after being condemned by the Revolutionary Tribunal. His death marked the destruction of one of the Revolution's best-known early constitutional leaders.
Bailly prosecuted under the Terror: Earlier municipal rivalry revisited
Jerome Petion
Petion had succeeded Bailly as mayor after the public backlash against the Champ de Mars massacre. Bailly's later prosecution emphasized the enduring political memory of the event even as the Revolution entered a more violent phase.
Bailly prosecuted under the Terror: Former mayor sentenced
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Bailly was condemned during the Terror after a trial that prominently revisited his conduct on 17 July 1791. The former constitutional leader became a victim of the revolutionary justice that followed his political eclipse.
Bailly prosecuted under the Terror: Political reversals of the Revolution
Maximilien Robespierre
Robespierre was by 1793 an influential revolutionary leader as the former Paris mayor faced execution. Bailly's fate demonstrated how the balance of power had shifted since the repression of radical petitioners.
Acquittal by Revolutionary Tribunal
Jean Paul Marat
Marat returned to the Convention after the Revolutionary Tribunal acquitted him, a result celebrated by Parisian militants and resented by Girondin opponents.
Death of Jean-Nicholas Houchard
Jean-Nicholas Houchard
Guillotined for failing to drive the Austrians out of Eastern France.
Execution of General Custine
Adam Philippe Custine
Custine was guillotined after a political trial, illustrating the extreme personal risks borne by commanders suspected of failing the Republic.
First Tribunal President Takes Office
Jacques Bernard Marie Montane
Montane became an early president of the Revolutionary Tribunal after its creation in March. His position placed him at the center of politically sensitive trials.
Fouquier Tinville Becomes Public Prosecutor
Antoine Quentin Fouquier Tinville
Fouquier Tinville took office as public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal. He supervised indictments and played a central role in its expanding prosecution machinery.
Girondin Deputies Face Collective Trial
Jacques Pierre Brissot
Brissot and fellow Girondins appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal after their removal from the Convention. The proceedings focused on accusations of conspiracy against the Republic.
Guard supports revolutionary government security
Francois Hanriot
Under Hanriot, National Guard units helped protect Paris institutions during the Terror. Their role reflected the fusion of civic policing and revolutionary political coercion.
Herman Assumes Revolutionary Tribunal Presidency
Martial Joseph Armand Herman
Herman became president of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the escalation of the Terror. His tenure included major proceedings against former royal and Girondin figures.
Philippe Egalite Tried by Revolutionary Tribunal
Louis Philippe Egalite
The former Duke of Orleans faced prosecution despite having supported the Revolution. His royal ancestry became politically dangerous as authorities pursued alleged enemies.
Withdrawal During Jacobin Ascendancy
Louis Marie La Revelliere-Lepeaux
La Revelliere Lepeaux withdrew from the center of revolutionary politics during the Terror, when the fate of moderate deputies was especially uncertain.
Hebertists Executed Following Tribunal Proceedings
Jacques Rene Hebert
Hebert and several associates were condemned and guillotined after their trial. Their elimination changed the balance of power within the revolutionary movement.
Dantonist Crisis
Georges Jacques Danton
Danton and his allies are arrested after criticism of the Terror and the Committee of Public Safety.
Hebertist Leaders Accused of Conspiracy
Jacques-René Hébert
Hébert and prominent allies appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal accused of conspiring against the Republic. The prosecution eliminated a militant faction that had challenged the emergency government.
Danton Confronts Revolutionary Tribunal
Georges Jacques Danton
Danton defended himself vigorously after arrest with associates accused of political and financial misconduct. The prosecution turned the emergency justice machinery against one of its former champions.
Danton and Associates Executed After Trial
Georges Jacques Danton
Danton was guillotined with Desmoulins and other convicted associates. Their deaths removed influential critics of revolutionary repression.
Herman Oversees Emergency Judicial Administration
Martial Joseph Armand Herman
Herman held important responsibilities in the revolutionary justice apparatus before moving into government administration. His work illustrates the close connection between judicial institutions and the committees directing the Terror.
Scientist Lavoisier Executed After Conviction
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier was guillotined following a Revolutionary Tribunal verdict. The execution ended the life of a leading chemist during the campaign against former tax farmers.
Committee of General Security
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
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.
Couthon Proposes Prairial Tribunal Reform
Georges Couthon
Couthon introduced legislation severely narrowing procedural protections for suspects before the Revolutionary Tribunal. Its adoption hastened trials and expanded the scope of capital punishment.
Law of 22 Prairial
Georges Couthon
The Law of 22 Prairial accelerates Revolutionary Tribunal procedures and increases fear of political purge.
Prairial Law Tightens Political Trials
Georges Auguste Couthon
Couthon introduced the Law of 22 Prairial which reduced procedural protections at the Revolutionary Tribunal. The reform intensified fear among opponents of the ruling faction.
Prairial Statute Curtails Defense Rights
Georges Auguste Couthon
Couthon presented the Law of 22 Prairial which sharply limited legal protections at the tribunal. The measure accelerated hearings and made death sentences more likely.
Reform of Legal System
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
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.
Revolutionary Tribunal
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
In revolutionary tribunals juries have to decide between acquital or death. In revolutionary tribunals Defence lawyers are banned.
Dumas Presides over Accelerated Hearings
René François Dumas
Dumas presided over Revolutionary Tribunal proceedings during the Terror. As trials accelerated, the court increasingly served the political campaign against suspected enemies.
Prosecution Accelerates under Prairial Law
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
The Law of 22 Prairial allowed the public prosecutor to bring suspects to judgment under far fewer procedural safeguards. Executions increased sharply during the final weeks before Thermidor.
Death of Alexandre de Beauharnais
Alexandre de Beauharnais
Alexandre de Beauharnais was executed in Paris during the Terror.
Execution
Alexandre de Beauharnais
Beauharnais was guillotined in Paris after his arrest and prosecution during the Terror.
Augustin shares his brother's fate - Public response
Augustin Bon Joseph Robespierre
Augustin Bon Joseph Robespierre figured in events surrounding augustin shares his brother's fate at Paris. His request publicly identified him with the faction against which the Convention had turned. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.
Couthon seized in Thermidor
Georges Auguste Couthon
Couthon was named among Robespierre's associates to be arrested by the Convention. The decree struck at several central figures in the Terror simultaneously.
Couthon seized in Thermidor - Balance of power
Georges Auguste Couthon
Georges Auguste Couthon figured in events surrounding couthon seized in thermidor at Paris. The decree struck at several central figures in the Terror simultaneously. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.
Interrupted Convention report - Public response
Louis Antoine Saint-Just
Louis Antoine Saint-Just figured in events surrounding interrupted convention report at Paris. His inability to complete the address deprived Robespierre's allies of a planned defense. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.
Tallien challenges Robespierre - Balance of power
Jean-Lambert Tallien
Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding tallien challenges robespierre at Paris. His intervention emboldened members who wanted to arrest the leading Robespierrists. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.
Death of Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Taken from the hotel de ville and guillotined with 21 of his supporters.
Dismissal
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Robespierre was removed from the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Execution
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Robespierre is executed by guillotine on 10 Thermidor after being declared an outlaw.
Robespierre executed
Maximilien Robespierre
Robespierre was guillotined on 10 Thermidor after the collapse of the municipal rising. His execution marked the decisive defeat of the political circle most identified with the Terror.
Robespierre executed - Public response
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre figured in events surrounding robespierre executed at Paris. His execution marked the decisive defeat of the political circle most identified with the Terror. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.
Saint-Just executed - Balance of power
Louis Antoine Saint-Just
Louis Antoine Saint-Just figured in events surrounding saint-just executed at Paris. The young revolutionary's death removed a prominent advocate of centralized emergency government. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.
Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
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.
Reign of Terror
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
The Reign of Terror reached its political peak under the emergency committees before Robespierre’s fall on 9 Thermidor.
Emergency justice revised
Jean-Lambert Tallien
In the immediate aftermath of Thermidor the Convention began dismantling the extraordinary procedures associated with the Terror. Tallien belonged to the ascendant faction pressing against renewed concentration of punitive power.
State church subsidies withdrawn
Henri-Baptiste Gregoire
The Convention decided that the Republic would no longer fund religious ministers from the public treasury. The measure helped reshape church-state relations after the coercive religious policies of the Terror.
State church subsidies withdrawn - Public response
Henri-Baptiste Gregoire
Henri-Baptiste Gregoire figured in events surrounding state church subsidies withdrawn at Paris. The measure helped reshape church-state relations after the coercive religious policies of the Terror. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.
Carrier faces Nantes accusations - Balance of power
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier figured in events surrounding carrier faces nantes accusations at Paris. Investigation of his conduct became a prominent means of judging excesses committed under revolutionary emergency rule. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.
Trial
Jean Baptiste Carrier
Carrier is tried and executed as the Convention turns against extreme agents of the Terror.
Carrier Faces Accountability for Nantes Repression
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Carrier was prosecuted over his conduct during the revolutionary repression at Nantes. The case became a major test of whether former agents of the Terror would answer for abuses.
Anti Jacobin Reaction
Louis Marie Stanislas Freron
Freron encourages young anti Jacobin militants during the reaction against the Terror.
Campaign Against Jacobin Political Clubs
Jean Lambert Tallien
Tallien encouraged the reaction against radical clubs as the Convention's new balance of power threatened institutions previously associated with the Terror.
Capital Sentences Become More Common
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
The simplified trial process contributed to an increased pace of death sentences during the last weeks of the Terror.
Challenge to Robespierre on Nine Thermidor
Jean Lambert Tallien
Tallien attacked Robespierre in the Convention as deputies joined to overthrow the political leadership associated with the Terror.
Committee of General Security membership
Paul Francois Jean Nicolas Barras
Barras entered the Committee of General Security after Thermidor. Membership placed him within an institution still responsible for political policing during the transition away from the Terror.
Condemnation of Indulgents
Georges Jacques Danton
The Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced Danton and several allies to death after proceedings marked by political intervention.
Couthon Introduces New Tribunal Law
Georges Auguste Couthon
Couthon presented the measure known as the Law of 22 Prairial, which sharply restricted ordinary defense procedures before the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Dantonists Face Extraordinary Tribunal Charges
Georges Jacques Danton
Danton and his allies appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal as their opponents accused them of corruption and conspiracy. The proceedings exposed the danger of dissent within government circles.
Desmoulins executed on 5 April
Camille Desmoulins
Camille Desmoulins was guillotined alongside Danton and other condemned men on 5 April. His death ended the career of a journalist who had helped mobilize the Revolution in 1789.
Dumas Succeeds Herman as Court President
Rene Francois Dumas
Dumas assumed the presidency of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the most intensive phase of political justice. The change accompanied increasingly severe procedures.
Execution at Place de la Révolution
Georges Jacques Danton
Danton was guillotined on 5 April with Camille Desmoulins and other condemned associates, ending the Indulgent challenge to the committees.
Execution of Saint-Just
Louis Antoine Saint-Just
Saint-Just was guillotined on 28 July with Robespierre and other members of the defeated faction.
Fleuriot-Lescot executed after failed rising
Jean Baptiste Edmond Fleuriot-Lescot
The former mayor was guillotined in the immediate aftermath of 9 Thermidor. His fate signaled the destruction of the Commune's leadership as an independent political force.
Former Commune prosecutor guillotined
Pierre Gaspard Chaumette
Chaumette was executed in April following prosecution for alleged counterrevolutionary conduct. His fall demonstrated the government's determination to dismantle independent municipal radicalism.
Fouquier Tinville Removed After Thermidor
Antoine Quentin Fouquier Tinville
The downfall of Robespierre prompted scrutiny of the public prosecutor's role in the Terror. Fouquier Tinville was subsequently arrested and faced prosecution for judicial abuses.
Hébert executed at the Place de la Révolution
Jacques Rene Hebert
Hébert was guillotined on 24 March with prominent defendants in the case. His death ended one of the Revolution's most influential populist newspaper campaigns.
Intermediate Criminal Penalties Narrowed
Georges Auguste Couthon
The Law of 22 Prairial sharply reduced the Revolutionary Tribunals sentencing options, concentrating decisions on acquittal or death.
Jacobin Club
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
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.
Last Weeks of Terror See Increased Executions
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
The period after the Prairial law saw a substantial escalation of Revolutionary Tribunal executions, ending only after the Thermidorian crisis.
Law of 22 Prairial Changes Tribunal Procedure
Georges Couthon
Couthon presented legislation that sharply restricted defence safeguards at the Revolutionary Tribunal and accelerated capital trials during the Terror.
Lucile Desmoulins attempts to defend husband
Anne Lucile Duplessis
Lucile sought to intervene after Camille was imprisoned and condemned. Her efforts were overtaken by accusations against her and the accelerating proceedings of the Terror.
Lucile Desmoulins executed on 13 April
Anne Lucile Duplessis
Lucile Desmoulins was guillotined eight days after Camille. The execution left their young son without either parent.
Momoro condemned in Cordeliers conspiracy case
Antoine Francois Momoro
Momoro faced the Revolutionary Tribunal with other radical activists. The proceedings treated their political agitation as a coordinated danger to government.
Return to Parisian Convention politics
Paul Francois Jean Nicolas Barras
After his field mission, Barras resumed political activity in a Convention increasingly strained by factional rivalries. Disputes over revolutionary discipline and personal security intensified as the Terror continued.
Revolutionary Tribunal Defense Rights Reduced
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre
Under the Prairial law defendants faced major limits on witnesses and legal advocacy, undermining procedural protections in political trials.
Revolutionary Tribunal hearing
Georges Jacques Danton
Danton appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal, where the prosecution combined political allegations with charges relating to financial misconduct.
Revolutionary Tribunal tries Desmoulins and associates
Camille Desmoulins
Desmoulins appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal with Danton and other defendants. Prosecutors treated their political activity as evidence of conspiracy against the Republic.
Thermidor ends government that executed Desmoulins
Maximilien Robespierre
Robespierre fell in July, months after the death of his former friend Desmoulins. The reversal intensified retrospective debate about factional prosecutions under the Terror.
Thermidorian scrutiny of former agents
Paul Francois Jean Nicolas Barras
As the Convention reviewed the actions of officials associated with the Terror, Barras participated in a political environment demanding accountability. The reaction reshaped both policing and the careers of revolutionary deputies.
Vincent brought before Revolutionary Tribunal
Francois Nicolas Vincent
Vincent was tried with prominent figures of the militant Cordeliers network. The tribunal proceedings transformed longstanding factional rivalries into an alleged plot against the state.
War administrator executed in factional purge
Francois Nicolas Vincent
Vincent died on the guillotine alongside Hébertist defendants. The execution curtailed a radical network within military administration.