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On May sixth, Robespierre was born to a family of the Third Estate in Arras, France. -
In 1775, Robespierre was selected by his school to give a speech to Louis the Sixteenth at seventeen. This is significant because it was likely his first interaction with the king. -
Robespierre practices law in Arras; by doing this, he becomes well known as a defender of marginalized groups of people. -
On May 4th, 1789, Robespierre attended the Estates General, which is commonly credited with kicking off the French Revolution. -
In 1973 Robespierre was elected to join the Committee of Public Safety, which was the division of the French government responsible for providing the death penalty to hoarders of goods. -
The first Festival of the Supreme Being was held. It was created by Robespierre, and during this new holiday, he appeared very dictator-like and acted like the "Supreme Being." This offended many of the Christian citizens of France, because he implied that he was a god. -
For unknown reasons in the middle of the summer began to seclude himself from public events, gatherings, and seeing people altogether. This gave his enemies a short amount of time to gather, and perhaps plan. -
As a political threat arrises, Maximillian is forced to return from seclusion to defend himself. After this he stayed out of seclusion, and in the public's sight. -
The National Convention officially ordered the arrest of Maximillian, because of upcoming threats by his supporters. Many of the National Convention members feared that they could be killed for false claims of treason. Others were also wanted, but fled and hid.