Reign of Terror Timeline

  • National Covention

    The National Convention believed that the committee needed to rule with "near dictatorial power" and the committee was delegated new and expansive political powers to quickly respond to popular demands.
  • Conflict

    A period of violence between the Jacobins and Girondins
  • Period: to

    Reign of terror start and end

  • Committee of Public Safety

    The French gov't established the Committee of Public Safety, which took its final form on September 6, 1793
  • Execution

    They guillotined King Louis 16, Marie Antoinette, the Girondins, Philippe Egalite, and Madame Roland.