The Reign of Terror was a period during the French Revolution, from September 1793 to July 1794, when the revolutionary government used mass arrests, trials and executions to deal with those it considered enemies of the republic. It took place when France faced foreign invasion and internal rebellion, and it was directed by the Committee of Public Safety, in which Maximilien Robespierre was the leading figure, and enforced through the Revolutionary Tribunal. Tens of thousands of people were executed, many of them by guillotine, and many more died in prison or in civil war, particularly in the Vendée. Leading Revolutionaries, including Georges Danton, were also sent to the scaffold. The Terror ended after Robespierre was overthrown and executed in the coup of 9 Thermidor, in July 1794.
Before and after
- from 3 March 1793 to 16 July 1796War in the Vendée
- from 7 March 1793 to 22 July 1795War of the Pyrenees
- 10 August 1793Construction of Louvre Museum
- from 29 August 1793 to 19 December 1793Siege of Toulon
- from 2 September 1793 to 28 July 1794Reign of Terror
- 8 September 1793Battle of Hondschoote
- 18 September 1793Construction of United States Capitol
- 16 October 1793Death of Marie Antoinette
- 1794Founding of Musée des Arts et Métiers
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