The Reign of Terror

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:characterizedBy mass executions
political purges
use of guillotine
gptkbp:endDate 28 July 1794
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Thermidorian_Reaction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Reign of Terror
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Jacobinism
radical republicanism
gptkbp:location gptkb:France
gptkbp:notableCase trial of Danton
trial of Desmoulins
trial of Marie Antoinette
gptkbp:notableEvent mass arrests
centralization of power
censorship of press
abolition of slavery in French colonies (1794)
de-Christianization campaign
execution of 16,000 people by guillotine
suppression of counter-revolutionaries
gptkbp:notableExecutionMethod guillotine
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Maximilien_Robespierre
gptkb:Georges_Couthon
gptkb:Louis_Antoine_de_Saint-Just
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Place_de_la_Révolution,_Paris
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Marie_Antoinette
gptkb:Camille_Desmoulins
gptkb:Olympe_de_Gouges
gptkb:Georges_Danton
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Royalists
gptkb:Girondins
Catholic Church
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:Committee_of_Public_Safety
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Insurrection_of_31_May_–_2_June_1793
gptkbp:purpose eliminate enemies of the revolution
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Thermidorian_Reaction
rise of the Directory
decline of Jacobin influence
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Law_of_22_Prairial
gptkb:Law_of_Suspects
execution of Robespierre
gptkbp:startDate 5 September 1793
gptkbp:victim 16,000 official executions
up to 40,000 total deaths
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Doctor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5