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Thermidor Reaction

The arrest and execution of Robespierre on 28 July 1794 ended the Reign of Terror and shifted the French Revolution toward more conservative governance.

WhenJuly 27, 1794 – October 26, 1795
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In the historiography of the French Revolution, the Thermidorian Reaction is the common term for the period between the ousting of Maximilien Robespierre on 9 Thermidor II, or 27 July 1794, and the inauguration of the French Directory on 2 November 1795.

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