The 1795 closure of a radical court ended the bloodiest era of the French Revolution
The suppression of the Revolutionary Tribunal in 1795 signaled the official end of the Reign of Terror, a period where thousands of citizens faced the guillotine during the French Revolution.
The French Revolution took a turn toward stability on May 31, 1795, when the government finally abolished the feared Revolutionary Tribunal. Established to prosecute 'enemies of the revolution,' this court had become a tool for mass executions, sending over 2,700 people to the guillotine in Paris alone.
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