Reign of Terror

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:La_Terreur
gptkbp:cause foreign invasion
internal dissent
threats to the revolution
gptkbp:endDate 1794-07-28
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Thermidorian_Reaction
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Committee_of_Public_Safety
gptkb:National_Convention
gptkbp:historicalSignificance influenced later revolutions
symbol of revolutionary violence
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reign of Terror
gptkbp:location gptkb:France
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:A_Tale_of_Two_Cities
gptkb:The_Scarlet_Pimpernel
gptkb:La_Révolution_française_(film)
gptkbp:method guillotine
mass executions
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Maximilien_Robespierre
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Carrier
gptkb:Bertrand_Barère
gptkb:Georges_Couthon
gptkb:Louis_Antoine_de_Saint-Just
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Royalists
gptkb:Girondins
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Storming_of_the_Tuileries
gptkbp:relatedConcept radicalization
political purges
revolutionary tribunals
gptkbp:result gptkb:Thermidorian_Reaction
execution of thousands
fall of Robespierre
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Law_of_22_Prairial
gptkb:Law_of_Suspects
gptkb:September_Massacres
execution of Robespierre
gptkbp:startDate 1793-09-05
gptkbp:supportersGroup gptkb:Jacobins
gptkb:Montagnards
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Antoine_Lavoisier
gptkb:Marie_Antoinette
gptkb:Camille_Desmoulins
gptkb:Georges_Danton
16,000 official executions
up to 40,000 total deaths
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4