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Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his arrest and execution in 1794.Robespierre was influenced by 18th-century Enlightenment...

Timeline of Events

1791

5.15.1791

Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.

9.30.1791

The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as "incorruptible patriots".

1792

8.16.1792

Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.

9.26.1792

Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.

1794

7.27.1794

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".

7.28.1794

Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution.