National Convention

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The National Convention was the revolutionary assembly that governed France during the most radical phase of the French Revolution, overseeing the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
adopted French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 1793

French Constitution of 1795 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 1795

French Republican Calendar ⓘ
alsoKnownAs National Convention ⓘ
surface form: Convention nationale
country France ⓘ
created Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
surface form: Committee of General Security

Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
dateOfAbolitionOfMonarchy 1792-09-21 ⓘ
dateOfExecutionOfLouisXVI 1793-01-21 ⓘ
dateOfProclamationOfRepublic 1792-09-22 ⓘ
dateOfThermidorianReaction 1794-07-27 ⓘ
declared France a republic ⓘ
disestablished 1795 ⓘ
endDate 1795-10-26 ⓘ
endedWith Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
established 1792 ⓘ
followedBy Council of Ancients ⓘ
Council of Five Hundred (faction) ⓘ
surface form: Council of Five Hundred

Directory (France) ⓘ
governmentForm republican government ⓘ
historicalPeriod radical phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
implemented Reign of Terror policies ⓘ
dechristianization policies ⓘ
levée en masse ⓘ
introduced universal male suffrage (in principle) ⓘ
jurisdiction French First Republic ⓘ
surface form: First French Republic
keyFigure Bertrand Barère ⓘ
Georges Danton ⓘ
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ⓘ
Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ
Lazare Carnot ⓘ
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legislatureNumber single-chamber ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral legislature ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
metAt Tuileries Palace ⓘ
surface form: Palais des Tuileries

Maison du Roi ⓘ
surface form: Salle du Manège

Tuileries Palace ⓘ
notableEvent Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
execution of Louis XVI ⓘ
trial of Louis XVI ⓘ
ordered execution of Louis XVI ⓘ
execution of Robespierre ⓘ
oversaw abolition of the French monarchy ⓘ
proclamation of the First French Republic ⓘ
partOf French Revolution ⓘ
politicalFaction Girondins ⓘ
Jacobin Club ⓘ
surface form: Jacobins

Montagnards ⓘ
Plain (La Plaine) ⓘ
politicalOrientation radical phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Assembly (France) ⓘ
presidedOver Reign of Terror ⓘ
removed Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
surface form: Robespierre from power
reorganized French Army ⓘ
surface form: French armies
roleInWar directed French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
startDate 1792-09-20 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jacques-Louis David → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
French Revolution → legislativeBody → National Convention ⓘ
National Convention → alsoKnownAs → National Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention nationale
Louis XVI of France → convictedBy → National Convention ⓘ
Execution of Louis XVI → presidingBody → National Convention ⓘ
Directory → replaced → National Convention ⓘ
Georges Danton → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
Jean-Paul Marat → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
Storming of the Tuileries Palace → relatedTo → National Convention ⓘ
Montagnards → basedIn → National Convention ⓘ
French Constitution of 1793 → suspendedBy → National Convention ⓘ
Camille Desmoulins → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
Thermidorian Reaction → legislativeBodyInvolved → National Convention ⓘ
Legislative Assembly → followedBy → National Convention ⓘ
Legislative Assembly → replacedBy → National Convention ⓘ
French First Republic → legislature → National Convention ⓘ
French First Republic → headOfState → National Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Convention (collective)
Institut de France → foundedBy → National Convention ⓘ
French Directory → precededBy → National Convention ⓘ
Pierre-Roger Ducos → politicalInstitution → National Convention ⓘ
Council of Ancients → follows → National Convention ⓘ
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
Tribunate → precededBy → National Convention ⓘ
Bertrand Barère → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
Directory (France) → replaces → National Convention ⓘ
French Republican Calendar → introducedBy → National Convention ⓘ
Committee of Public Safety → partOf → National Convention ⓘ
Committee of Public Safety → subsidiaryOf → National Convention ⓘ
Committee of Public Safety → legislativeBody → National Convention ⓘ
Committee of Public Safety → appointedBy → National Convention ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Carrier → representedIn → National Convention ⓘ
Legislative Assembly (France) → followedBy → National Convention ⓘ
Legislative Assembly (France) → replacedBy → National Convention ⓘ
Georges Couthon → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
Trial of Louis XVI → location → National Convention ⓘ
Trial of Louis XVI → organizer → National Convention ⓘ
Trial of Louis XVI → presidingBody → National Convention ⓘ
Execution of Marie Antoinette → orderedBy → National Convention ⓘ
Cult of the Supreme Being → establishedBy → National Convention ⓘ
editing L'Ami du peuple → relatedTo → National Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: NationalConvention
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ
Law of Suspects → legislativeBody → National Convention ⓘ
Law of 22 Prairial → legislativeBody → National Convention ⓘ
editing the newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier → aimedAt → National Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: NationalConventionDeputies
Revolutionary Tribunal → createdBy → National Convention ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Drouet → associatedWith → National Convention ⓘ