April 6: Committee of Public Safety established by the Convention to oversee the ministries and to be chief executive body of the government.
Its first nine members included Bertrand Barère, Pierre Joseph Cambon and Georges Danton.

April 6: First session of the Revolutionary Tribunal.

April 12: The Convention votes to arrest Marat for using his newspaper L'Ami du peuple to incite violence and murder, and demand to suspend the Convention.
Marat goes into hiding.

April 15: The mayor of Paris, Jean Nicolas Pache, demands that the Convention expel 23 deputies belonging to the moderate Girondin faction.

April 24: Marat is brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal, and is acquitted of all charges.
His release causes riotous celebrations by his supporters.

May 3: The rebels of the Vendée, led by the aristocrats Charles de Bonchamps and Henri de La Rochejaquelein, capture Bressuire.

May 4: At the demand of the Paris section of Saint-Antoine, the Convention fixes a maximum price for grain.

May 24: At the demand of the Girondins, the Convention orders the arrest of the ultra-revolutionary enragés leaders Jacques René Hébert and Jean Varlet.

May 25: The Paris Commune demands the release of Hébert and Varlet.

May 26: At the Jacobin Club, Robespierre and Marat call for an insurrection against the Convention.
The Paris Commune begins preparing a seizure of power.

May 27: Release of Hébert and Varlet.

May 30: The leaders of Lyon rebel against the Convention, arresting the local Montagnard and enragés leaders.
April 6: Committee of Public Safety established by the Convention to oversee the ministries and to be chief executive body of the government. Its first nine members included Bertrand Barère, Pierre Joseph Cambon and Georges Danton.
April 6: First session of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
April 12: The Convention votes to arrest Marat for using his newspaper L'Ami du peuple to incite violence and murder, and demand to suspend the Convention. Marat goes into hiding.
April 15: The mayor of Paris, Jean Nicolas Pache, demands that the Convention expel 23 deputies belonging to the moderate Girondin faction.
April 24: Marat is brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal, and is acquitted of all charges. His release causes riotous celebrations by his supporters.
May 3: The rebels of the Vendée, led by the aristocrats Charles de Bonchamps and Henri de La Rochejaquelein, capture Bressuire.
May 4: At the demand of the Paris section of Saint-Antoine, the Convention fixes a maximum price for grain.
May 24: At the demand of the Girondins, the Convention orders the arrest of the ultra-revolutionary enragés leaders Jacques René Hébert and Jean Varlet.
May 25: The Paris Commune demands the release of Hébert and Varlet.
May 26: At the Jacobin Club, Robespierre and Marat call for an insurrection against the Convention. The Paris Commune begins preparing a seizure of power.
May 27: Release of Hébert and Varlet.
May 30: The leaders of Lyon rebel against the Convention, arresting the local Montagnard and enragés leaders.
Timeline of the French Revolution