September Massacres

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event of the French Revolution massacre political violence

The September Massacres were a wave of brutal killings of prisoners in Paris in early September 1792, reflecting the radicalization and violent popular justice that marked a turning point in the French Revolution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
September Massacres canonical 10
September Massacres of 1792 4
Massacres de Septembre 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the French Revolution ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs September Massacres ⓘ
surface form: Massacres de Septembre
characterizedBy anti-clerical violence ⓘ
improvised trials ⓘ
mob violence ⓘ
summary executions ⓘ
country France ⓘ
followedBy establishment of the National Convention ⓘ
proclamation of the French Republic ⓘ
hasCause Brunswick Manifesto ⓘ
fall of the monarchy on 10 August 1792 ⓘ
fear of foreign invasion ⓘ
fear of internal counter-revolution ⓘ
panic over possible prison uprisings ⓘ
radicalization of Parisian sans-culottes ⓘ
hasEndDate 1792-09-06 ⓘ
hasLanguageContext French ⓘ
hasStartDate 1792-09-02 ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France
numberOfDeaths approximately 1100 ⓘ
approximately 1200 ⓘ
partOf French Revolution ⓘ
perpetrator Parisian sans-culottes ⓘ
improvised popular tribunals ⓘ
revolutionary militants ⓘ
politicalContext crisis of authority of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
war between revolutionary France and the First Coalition ⓘ
precededBy Storming of the Tuileries Palace ⓘ
surface form: Storming of the Tuileries (10 August 1792)
relatedTo Girondins ⓘ
Montagnards ⓘ
Paris Commune (1792) ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ
significance contributed to the image of the Revolution as violent and anarchic ⓘ
deepened divisions between Girondins and Montagnards ⓘ
example of revolutionary popular justice ⓘ
turning point in the radicalization of the French Revolution ⓘ
timePeriod early September 1792 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Jacobin convent ⓘ
surface form: Abbaye prison

La Force prison ⓘ
surface form: Bicêtre prison

Jacobin convent ⓘ
surface form: Carmelite convent prison

Conciergerie ⓘ
La Force prison ⓘ
Salpêtrière prison ⓘ
victim common criminals ⓘ
nobles ⓘ
prisoners in Paris ⓘ
refractory priests ⓘ
suspected royalists ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

French Revolution → keyEvent → September Massacres ⓘ
Feuillants → opposed → September Massacres ⓘ
Storming of the Tuileries Palace → followedBy → September Massacres ⓘ
September Massacres → alsoKnownAs → September Massacres ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massacres de Septembre
Champ de Mars Massacre → hasRelatedEvent → September Massacres ⓘ
Execution of Marie Antoinette → hasRelatedEvent → September Massacres ⓘ
editing L'Ami du peuple → associatedWithEvent → September Massacres ⓘ
this entity surface form: SeptemberMassacres
Parisian sans-culottes → roleInEvent → September Massacres ⓘ
this entity surface form: September Massacres of 1792
Paris sections → significantEvent → September Massacres ⓘ
this entity surface form: September Massacres (1792)
Paris Commune (1792) → significantEvent → September Massacres ⓘ
La Force prison → knownFor → September Massacres ⓘ
La Force prison → event → September Massacres ⓘ
this entity surface form: September Massacres of 1792
Salpêtrière prison → associatedWithEvent → September Massacres ⓘ
Carmelite Prison, Paris → notableFor → September Massacres ⓘ
this entity surface form: September Massacres of 1792
Carmelite Prison, Paris → event → September Massacres ⓘ
Hôtel de la Force → notableFor → September Massacres ⓘ
Hôtel de la Force → event → September Massacres ⓘ
this entity surface form: September Massacres of 1792