Maximilien Robespierre


 * Instituted Reign of Terror
 * Jacobin leader of Committee of Public Safety
 * Guillotined
 * Target of Thermidorean Reaction
 * Defended crowds that caused the September Massacres
 * Created cult of the "Supreme Being"
 * In opposition to the cult of reason by Jacques Hebert
 * Falling out with Baron de Coots because of this
 * Rose to power after fall of moderate Georges Danton
 * Associated with deaths of:
 * Madame Roland
 * Georges Danton
 * Marie Antoinette
 * Other Girondists
 * Established a newspaper called the Defender of the Constitution
 * Ally of Georges Couthon and Louis de Saint-Just
 * George Couthon enacted the Law of 22 Prairial in support of him
 * Nicknames:
 * "The Incorruptible"
 * "The Pure"
 * "Monkey of Mirabeau's"
 * Intended to be a historian but became a lawyer
 * Defended a neighbor who was sued for a lightning rod
 * Initiated at Tennis Court Oaths
 * Decided to cancel a meeting on the elections for the National Convention
 * From Arras
 * Unsuccessfully attempted suicide at the Hotel de Ville
 * Author of "Report on Degrading Punishments"
 * Called his government "the Republic of Virtue"