Jacobins Events

1791 Jun 20
to 1791 Jun 25
Flight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes ( 20-25 June 1791 ) was a significant episode in the French Revolution during which King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family were unsuccessful in their att...
1791 Oct 1
to 1792 Sep 19
Legislative Assembly formed
During the French Revolution, the Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from October 1, 1791 to September 1792. It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary la...
1793 Apr 6 Committee of Public Safety formed
The Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité de salut public), created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured July 1793, formed the de facto executive government...
1794 The White Terror
The White Terror took place in 1794, during the period known as the Thermidorian Reaction, in the aftermath of the Reign of Terror. It was organized by reactionary "Chouan" royalist force...