French Directory
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The Directory was the system of government established by the French Constitution of 1795. It takes its name from the committee of five men vested with executive power. The Directory governed the Fren
The Convention rises against Robespierre (27 July 1794)
François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas, one of the principal authors of the Constitution of 1795
Paul Barras, President of Directory (1798-1799)
General Lazare Hoche defeated a royalist army that landed in Brittany (July 1795)
Thermidorian Reaction
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In the historiography of the French Revolution, the Thermidorian Reaction is the common term for the period between the ousting of Maximilien Robespierre and politically-aligned deputies on 9 Thermido
French Directory
…urging, the National Convention, on 7 May 1794, proclaimed a new religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, which in a little over a year led to the Thermidorian Reaction, and Robespierre's downfall and execution. The Roman Catholic Church had been the official state religion during the monarchy, and the Directors were…
Closing of the Jacobin Club by Louis Legendre, in the early morning of 28 July 1794. Four days later it was reopened by him.
Gendarme Charles-André Merda shooting at Maximilien Robespierre
The execution of Robespierre on 28 July 1794 marked the end of the Reign of Terror