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Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre

Lived from 1758-1794
Born:May 6 in Arras France
Died:July 28 in Paris, France

Best known as: French Revolutionary leader during the Reign of Terror, The Incorruptible, and Master of the Guillotine

Member of the Committee of Public Safety
Went from being active in the National Assembly of France to being a leader of the Jacobins during the French Revolution
Most influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Regin of Terror
June 27, 1793-July 27, 1794

Robespierre ultimately dominated the Committee of Public Safety which made him one of the leaders of the Reign of Terror
-wanted to achieve a Republic of Virtue based on the ideas on the Enlightenment
-those who were seen as enemies or opposed his ideas were sent to the guillotine to be beheaded
-executed 16,000
-put into the books as one of the most ruthless and horrifying men in history

July 27, 1794
-Robespierre was accused of tyranny, barred from speaking at the National Convention, and placed under house arrest
July 28, 1794
-Robespierre together with his closest associates Louis Saint-Just, Georges Couthon, and nineteen other supporters died on the guillotine
July 29, 1794
-eighty more followers of Robespierre were executed

Thermidorian Reaction
-revolt in the French Revolution against excesses of the Reign of Terror
-triggered by a vote of the Committee of Public Safety to execute Robespierre, Saint-Just and several other leading members of the Terror
-ended the most radical phase of the French Revolution