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Robespierre has struck down one by one …

Years: 1794 - 1794
July

Robespierre has struck down one by one the other prominent leaders of the revolution of both the right, (the Rolands and the Girondists), the ultra left (Jacques Hébert and the Herbertists), and the moderates (Georges Danton and his associates).

However, at the time of Robespierre's "Festival of the Supreme Being", Fouché had ventured to mock the theistic revival which Robespierre had then inaugurated.

A sharp exchange had taken place between them, and Robespierre tries to expel Fouché from the Jacobin Club on July 14, 1794.

At this time, expulsion from the club is tantamount to a death sentence.

Fouché, however, is working with his usual energy and plots Robespierre's overthrow from behind the scenes while in hiding in Paris.

Because Robespierre is losing his influence and because Fouché is under the protection of Barras, Fouché ultimately survives this expulsion.

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