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Elected to the Estates General of the French legislature.
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Maximilien de Robespierre becomes the leader of the Jacobins.
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Participated in writing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
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Elected to head the Paris delegation to the new National Convention.
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Successfully argued for the execution of the king and continued to encourage the crowds to rise up against the aristocracy.
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Elected to the Committee of Public Safety.
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Robespierre and 21 of his allies are executed at the guillotine.