the Greek word thermos 'heat'. Thermidor was the second month of the summer quarter (mois d'été). It started July 19 or 20. It ended August 17 or 18. It...
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Lobster Thermidor is a French dish of lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, stuffed back into a lobster shell, and browned. The sauce is often a mixture...
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Thermidorian Reaction (redirect from 9th of Thermidor)
term for the period between the ousting of Maximilien Robespierre on 9 Thermidor II, or 27 July 1794, and the inauguration of the French Directory on 2...
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Fall of Maximilien Robespierre (redirect from 9 Thermidor)
Convention on 8 Thermidor Year II (26 July 1794), his arrest the next day, and his execution on 10 Thermidor (28 July). In the speech of 8 Thermidor, Robespierre...
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Thermidor (from Greek θέρμη, thermē, 'summer heat'), starting 19 or 20 July; on many printed calendars of Year II (1793–94), the month of Thermidor was...
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Maximilien Robespierre (section 9 Thermidor)
Isidore de Robespierre (French: [maksimiljɛ̃ ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 10 Thermidor, Year II 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognized...
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arrested on 9 Thermidor, Robespierre volunteered to be arrested as well, and he was executed by the guillotine along with Maximilien and 20 of his supporters...
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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (section Thermidor)
Léon de Saint-Just (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ʒyst]; 25 August 1767 – 10 Thermidor, Year II [28 July 1794]), sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror...
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Machine." pp. 32–49 in The Ninth of Thermidor, edited by R. Bienvenu. Oxford: Oxford University Press. "9 Thermidor: The Conspiracy against Robespierre...
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only to be abolished by the French Revolution by way of the law of "20 Thermidor Year I" (French revolutionary calendar, i.e. August 8, 1793). The Société...
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major role in Robespierre's downfall on 9 Thermidor, an act for which he later expressed remorse. After Thermidor, Billaud-Varenne was part of the Crêtois...
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Bertrand Barère (section Thermidor crisis (July 1794))
in which there were more executions in the final seven weeks before 9 Thermidor by the Paris tribunal than in the previous fourteen months. Finally, aggressive...
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in 1778 and abolished by the French Revolution by way of the law of "20 Thermidor year I" (French Revolutionary calendar, i.e. 8 August 1793) Name given...
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of the Paris Commune. The ousting of Robespierre on 27 July 1794 (or 9 Thermidor year II in the revolutionary calendar), marked a huge organised counter-revolution...
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National Convention (section Thermidor)
was he who brought about the fatal intervention of the Convention. On 8 Thermidor, Year II (26 July 1794), he denounced his opponents and demanded that...
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quarter (mois d'été). It started on 19 or 20 June. It ended on 18 or 19 July. It follows Prairial and precedes Thermidor. Like all FRC months Messidor lasted...
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Billaud-Varenne, Collot d'Herbois and Carnot – called Robespierre a dictator. On 10 Thermidor, Year II (28 July 1794), at some time in the evening, Louis Legendre was...
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western Europe and the United States. Although most agreed that a "Russian Thermidor" was likely, there was little agreement over whether this would be followed...
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later, on September 16 or September 17. Fructidor follows the month of Thermidor and precedes the Sansculottides. The month is often used as a shorthand...
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fr (in French). Retrieved 15 July 2020. Government of the French Republic (20 July 1799). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr...
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by her entreaties she received the name of Notre-Dame de Thermidor ("Our Lady of Thermidor") after the onset of the Thermidorian Reaction in July 1794...
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Paul Barras (section Thermidor and the Directory)
Succeeded by François Louis Bourdon Member of the National Convention In office 20 September 1792 – 10 November 1795 Constituency Var Director of the Directory...
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Vilate invited Robespierre for lunch. Vilate was arrested on 20 July 1794 (3 Thermidor, year II) on orders of Billaud-Varenne for the crime of having...
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against Robespierre's regime and staged a coup d'état on 27 July 1794 (9 Thermidor Year II), known as the Thermidorian Reaction, which overthrew Robespierre...
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following a major defeat at the Battle of Savenay. Following the 9th Thermidor, those Chouans willing to lay down arms were granted amnesty by the reformed...
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Revolutionary Tribunal (section After Thermidor)
not that it might become the scourge of humanity." After the coup of Thermidor in July 1794, some people expected the Revolutionary Tribunal to be abolished...
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webpage was updated to display the words Pluviôse, Thermidor and Vendémiaire. Pluviôse, Thermidor and Vendémiaire are three of the months of the French...
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Jean-Charles Pichegru (section Thermidor and Directory)
successfully penetrated the frozen Hollandic Water Line, arrived in Amsterdam on 20 January, after the Batavian Revolution had taken place. The French occupied...
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resulting in 3,653,600 votes aye and 8,272 votes nay. On 2 August 1802 (14 Thermidor, An X), Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Consul for life. Pro-revolutionary...
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décadi of 20 Prairial of the Year II. The Decadary Cult was officially established by the laws of 17 Thermidor (4 August 1798), 3 Fructidor (20 August)...
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