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Bookmark or Share- Maximilien de Robespierre — WikipédiaMaximilien de Robespierre, ou Maximilien Robespierre [1], est un avocat et homme politique français né le 6 mai 1758 à Arras (Artois, aujourd'hui Pas-de-Calais) et mort guillotiné le 10 thermidor an II (28 juillet 1794) à Paris, place de la Révolution (actuelle place de la Concorde).Il est l'une des principales figures de la Révolution française et demeure l'un des personnages les plus ...
- Fall of Maximilien Robespierre - World History EncyclopediaThe fall of Maximilien Robespierre, or the Coup of 9 Thermidor, was a series of events that resulted in the arrests and executions of Robespierre and his allies on 27-28 July 1794. It signaled the end of the Reign of Terror, the end of Jacobin dominance of the French Revolution (1789-1799), and the beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction.
- Robespierre & the Death Penalty - World History EncyclopediaRobespierre believed that as long as King Louis XVI was alive, he was an automatic threat to the French Republic, since counter-revolutionaries could rally behind his claim to the throne. Why did Robespierre change his mind on the death penalty?
- Fall of Maximilien Robespierre - WikipediaThe Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor or the Fall of Maximilien Robespierre is the series of events beginning with Maximilien Robespierre's address to the National Convention on 8 Thermidor Year II (26 July 1794), his arrest the next day, and his execution on 10 Thermidor (28 July). In the speech of 8 Thermidor, Robespierre spoke of the existence of ...
- Maximilien Robespierre - WikipediaMaximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (French: [maksimiljɛ̃ ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 10 Thermidor, Year II 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognized as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution.
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