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6 May 1758Maximilien Robespierre is born in Arras, a small city in Artois, France.
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1769 - 1777Robespierre studies at the Louis-le-Grand college in Paris; during his studies, he is acquainted with the works of Rousseau.
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1781 - 1789Robespierre practices law in Arras, earning a reputation as a defender of the marginalized.
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4 May 1789Robespierre attends the opening of the Estates-General of 1789, which kicks off the French Revolution.
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31 Mar 1790Robespierre is first elected to the presidency of the Jacobin Club.
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Jul 1791The Jacobin Club fractures; Robespierre begins lodging at the Duplay house.
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27 Jul 1793Maximilien Robespierre elected to the Committee of Public Safety; the National Convention institutes death penalty for hoarders of goods.
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8 Jun 1794Festival of the Supreme Being is held on the Champ de Mars.
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10 Jun 1794Law of 22 Prairial intensifies the Reign of Terror, accelerating the trial phase and leading to more executions.
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18 Jun 1794 - 25 Jul 1794For unknown reasons, Robespierre secludes himself from public life, giving his enemies time to gather.
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26 Jul 1794Maximilien Robespierre returns to the National Convention to defend himself from political attack, implicates numerous "traitors" within the Convention but refuses to name names.
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27 Jul 1794The National Convention orders the arrests of Robespierre, Saint-Just, Couthon, and others; they escape and take refuge in the Hôtel de Ville.
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27 Jul 1794Robespierre and his followers are denounced by the National Convention and declared to be outlaws.
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28 Jul 1794Execution of Robespierre, Saint-Just, and Couthon; end to the Terror, beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction.
