robespierre

     

Anonymous Portrait c. 1793

Trivia about robespierre

  • On May 26, 1793 he called on the French people to rise in insurrection
  • After leading the fight for Louis XVI's execution, he joined the Committee of Public Safety in July 1793
  • On May 6, 1758 Arras, France hatched this politician who later hatched the Reign of Terror
  • Reign of Terror leader who served as president of the Jacobin Society
  • In a December 3, 1792 speech, this lawyer & political leader declared, "Louis must perish!"
  • This principal leader of the Reign of Terror faced the guillotine himself on July 28, 1794
  • Nicknamed "The Incorruptible", he was arrested, tried & guillotined in July 1794
  • This French revolutionary said, "Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible"
  • A humble lawyer from Arras, in 1793 he became Head of the Committee of Public Safety & launched a bloodbath
  • He was the leader of France's Committee of Public Safety in 1793 & 1794
  • Overthrown by the revolution of 9 Thermidor, he died on the guillotine, ending the Reign of Terror
  • This leader of the French Revolution wounded himself in the jaw with a pistol on the same day he was guillotined
  • References:This Reign of Terror leader & his brother Augustin
  • He's been called the final victim of the reign of terror he helped start

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