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The day of 9 Thermidor July 27 1794 is universally acknowledged as a major turningpoint in the history of the French Revolution At 1200 midnight Maximilien Robespierre the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety which had for more than a year directed the Reign of Terror was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced
By 1200 midnight at the close of the day following a day of uncertainty surprises upsets and reverses his world had been turned upside down He was an outlaw on the run and himself wanted for conspiracy against the Republic He felt that his whole life and his Revolutionary career were drawing to an end As indeed they were He shot himself shortly afterwards Halfdead the guillotine finished him off in grisly fashion the next day
The Fall of Robespierre provides an hourbyhour analysis of these twentyfour hours
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