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1790 CE
1793 CE: The Committee of Public Safety is set up by the National Convention.
1793 CE: Maximilien Robespierre elected to the Committee of Public Safety; the National Convention institutes death penalty for hoarders of goods.
1793 CE: Levée en masse is enacted by the French Republic; within a year over a million soldiers are raised.
1793 CE: Law of 14 Frimaire codifies the dictatorial powers of the Committee of Public Safety.
1794 CE: Execution of the Dantonists, including Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, Hérault de Séchelles, & Fabre d'Eglantine.
1794 CE: Execution of Robespierre, Saint-Just, and Couthon; end to the Terror, beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction.