Timeline July 1794

Events in July 1794 6

• 1755 – 1794 Georges Couthon (1755-1794) Died 28 July 1794, aged 38 French politician and member of the Committee of Public Safety, closely allied with Robespierre during the Terror. Paralyzed from the waist down, he was carried to the guillotine in a wheelchair. His death came the same day as Robespierre's.
• 1758 – 1794 Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) Died 28 July 1794, aged 36 French lawyer and politician who became the dominant figure on the Committee of Public Safety and the chief architect of the Reign of Terror. He used revolutionary tribunals to send thousands of perceived enemies of the Revolution to the guillotine. He was overthrown in the Thermidorian Reaction and guillotined without trial the next day.
• 1762 – 1794 Andre Chenier (1762-1794) Died 25 July 1794, aged 31 French poet whose lyrical and classical verse later influenced the Romantic movement, though little of his work was published during his lifetime. He criticized the excesses of the Terror despite his earlier support for the Revolution. He was arrested and guillotined just two days before Robespierre's fall.
• 1767 – 1794 Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794) Died 28 July 1794, aged 26 French revolutionary and close ally of Robespierre known for his uncompromising speeches and role on the Committee of Public Safety. He oversaw military and political purges during the Terror. He was arrested alongside Robespierre and guillotined the following day.
• 1794 Whiskey Rebellion Pennsylvania farmers violently resist a federal tax on distilled spirits Farmers in western Pennsylvania attacked tax collectors and officials enforcing a federal excise tax on whiskey. President George Washington personally led a militia force to suppress the uprising, the first major test of federal authority under the new Constitution. The rebellion collapsed without significant fighting once the militia arrived.
• 1794 Thermidorian Reaction Topples Robespierre Robespierre is overthrown, ending the Reign of Terror Members of the National Convention turned against Maximilien Robespierre, arresting him and his closest allies on 9 Thermidor. Robespierre and his supporters were guillotined the following day without trial. The coup ended the Reign of Terror and shifted power to a more moderate Convention.