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It was a major event of the French Revolution.
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, during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. It marked a significant weakening of individual freedoms that led to "revolutionary paranoia" that swept the nation.
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Louis is executed on the 21st of January 1793. Then, the following August, Marie-Antoinette is transferred, alone, without her children or sister-in-law Madame Elisabeth, to the jail of La Conciergerie.
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Robespierre, the Committee of Public Safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Hébertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders. Robespierre becomes virtually the dictator.
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Convention calls for arrest of Robespierre. Robespierre attempts insurrection which flops, is arrested and executed.
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It established the Directory, and remained in effect until the coup of 18 Brumaire
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It succeeded the Legislative Assembly and founded the First Republic after the insurrection