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Maximilien de Robespierre — Dominant figure of the Terror, overthrown on 9 Thermidor, 1758–1794
An Arras lawyer who became the voice of the Montagne, he dominated the Terror before being overthrown on 9 Thermidor Year II and guillotined the next day. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded office of Maximilien de Robespierre: Committee of Public Safety (from 1793 to 1794, his fall). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Maximilien de Robespierre was born on 6 May 1758. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Maximilien de Robespierre was born in Arras. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Maximilien de Robespierre died on 28 July 1794. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Maximilien de Robespierre died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Maximilien de Robespierre died of his execution by guillotine. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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