Event
Reign of Terror
Period from 1793 to 1794 when revolutionary tribunals tried suspected enemies of the French Republic.
- Dates
- 1793–1794
- Wikidata
- Q193547
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part of
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French Revolution
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Counts of the dead differ and are not given here.
Timeline 1 date
- 1793–1794 Reign of Terror
Proof 3 sources
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The Law of 22 Prairial, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (CUNY), 10 Jun 1794.
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Judicial procedures are accelerated in all accusations against enemies of the revolution.
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The Law of Suspects, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (CUNY), 17 Sep 1793.
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This law, passed on 17 September 1793, authorized the creation of revolutionary tribunals to try those suspected of treason against the Republic and to punish those convicted with death.
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Cambridge International AS Level History: Modern Europe, 1750-1921 Coursebook, Chapter 1, France, 1774-1814 (excerpt), Cambridge University Press.
Scholarship & press
Apr 1793 The Terror starts
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