Thermidor Crisis
Robespierre refuses to name the deputies he accuses and increases fear among members of the Convention
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Thermidor Crisis
Robespierre refuses to name the deputies he accuses and increases fear among members of the Convention.
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend the Committee of Public Safety as opposition to Robespierre grows
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend the Committee of Public Safety as opposition to Robespierre grows.
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend Robespierre and the authority of the Committee of Public Safety
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend Robespierre and the authority of the Committee of Public Safety.
Arrest of Georges Auguste Couthon
Couthon is taken into custody as one of the central Robespierrist leaders
Arrest of Georges Auguste Couthon
Couthon is taken into custody as one of the central Robespierrist leaders.
Arrest of Louis Antoine Saint-Just
Saint-Just is arrested with Robespierre and Couthon after the Convention turns against them
Arrest of Louis Antoine Saint-Just
Saint-Just is arrested with Robespierre and Couthon after the Convention turns against them.
Arrest of Robespierre
The Convention orders Robespierre arrested after deputies shout down his attempts to speak
Arrest of Robespierre
The convention orders the arrest of Robespirre
Augustin shares his brother's fate
Augustin Robespierre asked to be arrested alongside his elder brother Maximilien. His request publicly identified him with the faction against which the Convention had turned.
Augustin shares his brother's fate - Public response
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.
Barras receives military command
The Convention gave Barras command of forces deployed against the insurrectionary Paris Commune. His assignment made the defense of parliamentary authority a military operation.
Barras receives military command - Institutional consequence
Paul Francois Jean Nicolas Barras figured in events surrounding barras receives military command at Paris. His assignment made the defense of parliamentary authority a military operation. This episode contributed to the replacement of centralized Jacobin emergency rule with a less unified, more conservative Convention.
Command Against Robespierrists
The Convention appoints Barras to direct armed forces against the Paris Commune and supporters attempting to rescue the arrested Robespierrists.
Committee of Public Safety
Appointed Committee of Public Safety
Committee rivalry reaches open conflict
Billaud-Varenne joined the attacks on Robespierre as divisions within the committees erupted publicly. The quarrel showed that the emergency government no longer operated as a united leadership.
Committee rivalry reaches open conflict - Longer-term significance
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne figured in events surrounding committee rivalry reaches open conflict at Paris. The quarrel showed that the emergency government no longer operated as a united leadership. It formed part of the unsettled transition that eventually produced the Constitution of Year III and the Directory.
Commune resists the Convention
Mayor Fleuriot-Lescot supported the insurrectionary municipal response to the parliamentary arrests. The confrontation threatened to split the capital between rival centers of authority.
Commune resists the Convention - Institutional consequence
Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot figured in events surrounding commune resists the convention at Paris. The confrontation threatened to split the capital between rival centers of authority. This episode contributed to the replacement of centralized Jacobin emergency rule with a less unified, more conservative Convention.
Commune Revolt
Fleuriot-Lescot shelters the Robespierrists at the Hotel de Ville
Commune Revolt
Fleuriot-Lescot shelters the Robespierrists at the Hotel de Ville.
Commune Revolt
Hanriot fails to hold together the armed force needed to rescue the Robespierrists
Commune Revolt
Hanriot fails to hold together the armed force needed to rescue the Robespierrists.
Commune Revolt
Payan calls for resistance but the Paris sections give uncertain support
Commune Revolt
Payan calls for resistance but the Paris sections give uncertain support.
Commune Revolt
Robespierre is brought to the Hotel de Ville as the Commune tries to create an armed uprising
Commune Revolt
Robespierre is brought to the Hotel de Ville as the Commune tries to create an armed uprising.
Commune Summons Sections to Resist Convention
Payan called on Parisian sections to defend the Commune against the Convention after the arrest of Robespierre. Many sections hesitated to mobilize effectively.
Coup
Paul Francois Barras was prominent in the overthrow of Robespierre.
Coup
Prominent in the overthrow of Robespierre
Coup
Overthrown by the revolution of 9th Thermidor
Coup
Robespierre was overthrown during the revolution of 9 Thermidor.
Couthon Brought into Municipal Resistance
Couthon joined the Robespierrist circle at the Hotel de Ville as the Commune tried to defy the Convention. The gathering failed to secure sufficient armed support.
Couthon seized in Thermidor
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 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.
Execution
The Jacobin Club is closed after the execution of Robespierre and other members on 9 Thermidor of the year II (27 July 1794)
Execution
The Jacobin Club is closed after the execution of Robespierre and other members on 9 Thermidor of the year II (27 July 1794).
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