January 8: At the Jacobins, Robespierre denounces Fabre d'Églantine, one of the instigators of the September massacres, father of the Republican calendar, and ally of Danton.

January 13: Arrest of Fabre d'Églantine for alleged diversion of state funds.

January 29: Death of Henri de la Rochejaquelein, royalist and military leader of the Vendéens, fighting at Nuaillé.

February 4: The Convention votes to abolish slavery in French colonies.

February 5: Robespierre lectures the Convention on the necessity for the Terror: "The foundations of a popular government in a revolution are virtue and terror; terror without virtue is disastrous; and virtue without terror is powerless.
The Government of the Revolution is the despotism of liberty over tyranny."

February 6: Napoleon Bonaparte is promoted to general for his role in driving the British from Toulon,
February 6: Recall of Jean-Baptiste Carrier from Nantes.
As official delegate of the Convention, he was responsible for the drownings at Nantes of as many as ten thousand Vendéen prisoners, in barges deliberately sunk in the Loire River.

February 10: Jacques Roux commits suicide in prison.

February 22: In a speech at the Cordeliers Club, Hébert attacks both the factions of Danton and Robespierre.

March 4: At the Cordeliers Club, Jean-Baptiste Carrier calls for an insurrection against the Convention.

March 11: The Committees of Public Safety and General Security denounce a planned uprising by the Cordeliers.

March 13: Saint-Just, President of the Convention, denounces a plot against liberty and the French people.
Hébert and many other Cordeliers are arrested.

March 15: Robespierre tells the Convention that "All the factions must perish from the same blow."

March 20: Arrest of General Hoche, a member of the Cordeliers.
He is freed in August after the fall of Robespierre.

March 21: Trial of the Hébertists begins.
To compromise them, they are tried together with foreign bankers, aristocrats and counter-revolutionaries.

March 24: Hébert and leaders of the Cordeliers are condemned to death and guillotined.

March 27: The philosopher and mathematician Condorcet is arrested.
He is found dead in his cell two days later.
January 8: At the Jacobins, Robespierre denounces Fabre d'Églantine, one of the instigators of the September massacres, father of the Republican calendar, and ally of Danton.
January 13: Arrest of Fabre d'Églantine for alleged diversion of state funds.
January 29: Death of Henri de la Rochejaquelein, royalist and military leader of the Vendéens, fighting at Nuaillé.
February 4: The Convention votes to abolish slavery in French colonies.
February 5: Robespierre lectures the Convention on the necessity for the Terror: "The foundations of a popular government in a revolution are virtue and terror; terror without virtue is disastrous; and virtue without terror is powerless. The Government of the Revolution is the despotism of liberty over tyranny."
February 6: Napoleon Bonaparte is promoted to general for his role in driving the British from Toulon,
February 6: Recall of Jean-Baptiste Carrier from Nantes. As official delegate of the Convention, he was responsible for the drownings at Nantes of as many as ten thousand Vendéen prisoners, in barges deliberately sunk in the Loire River.
February 10: Jacques Roux commits suicide in prison.
February 22: In a speech at the Cordeliers Club, Hébert attacks both the factions of Danton and Robespierre.
March 4: At the Cordeliers Club, Jean-Baptiste Carrier calls for an insurrection against the Convention.
March 11: The Committees of Public Safety and General Security denounce a planned uprising by the Cordeliers.
March 13: Saint-Just, President of the Convention, denounces a plot against liberty and the French people. Hébert and many other Cordeliers are arrested.
March 15: Robespierre tells the Convention that "All the factions must perish from the same blow."
March 20: Arrest of General Hoche, a member of the Cordeliers. He is freed in August after the fall of Robespierre.
March 21: Trial of the Hébertists begins. To compromise them, they are tried together with foreign bankers, aristocrats and counter-revolutionaries.
March 24: Hébert and leaders of the Cordeliers are condemned to death and guillotined.
March 27: The philosopher and mathematician Condorcet is arrested. He is found dead in his cell two days later.
Timeline of the French Revolution