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
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
Thermidor
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Thermidor was the eleventh month in the French Republican calendar. The month was named after the French word thermal, derived from the Greek word thermos 'heat'.
Thermidorian Reaction
…Thermidorian Convention") is the common term for the period between the ousting of Maximilien Robespierre and politically-aligned deputies on 9 Thermidor II, or 27 July 1794, and the inauguration of the French Directory on 2 November 1795. The Thermidorian Reaction was named after the month in which the…
Thermidor