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Facts

Also Known As Massacres du Septembre • Journées du Septembre
Date September 2, 1792 - September 6, 1792
Location France • Paris
Context French Revolution

Timeline

Jacques-Louis David: The Tennis Court Oath
Tennis Court Oath
June 20, 1789
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy
July 12, 1790
Napoleon I
French Revolutionary wars
April 1792 - c. 1801
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September Massacres
September 2, 1792 - September 6, 1792
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Wars of the Vendée
February 1793 - July 1796
Oil painting by Pierre Antoine De Machy showing a large crowd gathered around a guillotine during a public execution at Place de la Revolution in Paris during the French Revolution.
Reign of Terror
September 5, 1793 - July 27, 1794
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Thermidorian Reaction
July 27, 1794
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Coup of 18 Fructidor
September 4, 1797
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Coup of 18–19 Brumaire
November 9, 1799 - November 10, 1799