Thermidorian Reaction

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

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.

Barras is given command of Convention forces against the Paris Commune.

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.

Dumas supports the Commune resistance and is later seized with the Robespierrists.

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

Freron supports the Convention attack on the Robespierrists.

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.

Vadier supports the attack on the Robespierrist faction during the Convention crisis.

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

Convention troops capture Robespierre after the Commune defence collapses.

Barras leads Convention forces against the Commune stronghold during the night of 9 to 10 Thermidor.

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.

Barras gains influence after commanding the troops that defeated the Commune.

Tallien becomes one of the visible leaders of the victorious Thermidorian deputies.

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.

The National Convention orders the Jacobin Club in Paris closed during the Thermidorian reaction.

The Jacobin Club is closed as the Thermidorian Reaction weakens radical political organisation.

The Law of the Maximum is repealed during the Thermidorian retreat from economic controls.

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.

Barras publicly attacked returning emigres as Thermidorian politics moved against royalist influence before the establishment of the Directory.

Sieyes entered the Committee of Public Safety during the final phase of the Convention and participated in post-Thermidor government.

Tallien returned to the Committee of Public Safety as Thermidorian leaders confronted renewed unrest in Paris.