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Birth of Robespierre
Was born Arras, France -
Estates-General of 1789
Robespierre attends the Estates-General which fuels that French Revolution to kick in. -
Robespierre gaining power
After King Louis's death in 1793 January 21 Robespierre and his helpers decided to wipe out the calendar and switch it up so the people of France did not know when to pray. -
Jacobin Leader
In the early month of 1793, Robespierre became leader of Jacobin. -
Leader of the Commitee of Public Safety
He controlled France as a dictator. His time of his rule was called the Reign of terror -
Beginning Reign of Terror
The Committee of Public which was under Robespierre's leadership, the committee task was to protect the Revolution from its enemies. He then justified his use of terror by suggesting that it enabled French citizens to remain true to the ideals of the Revolution. -
Republic of Virtue
Robespierre and his supporters built the virtue by wiping out every trace of France's past. They then changed the calendar diving year into 12 months of 30 days. This calendar had no Sundays and closed all the churches in Paris, and cities and towns all over France soon did the same. -
Death of George Danton
George didn't agree with the guillotine. Then Robespierre was saying that George is going against our government. Then he got executed by the guillotine. -
Returns of National Convention
Robespierre defends himself from political attack, implicates numerous "traitors" within the Convention but refuses to name names. -
End of Terror
In July 1794, fearing for their own safety, some members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre. The Reign of Terror, the radical phase of the French Revolution, ended on July 28, 1794.