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The Terror — Period of revolutionary repression (September 1793 – July 1794)
Placed “on the order of the day” in September 1793, the Terror armed the revolutionary government against its enemies real and supposed; it devoured its own craftsmen and ended with Robespierre on 9 Thermidor. (Editorial synthesis)
The Terror began in September 1793. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Terror ended in July 1794. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Terror ended in thousands of death sentences. (source: Larousse)
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