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title: "Thermidor Reaction"
year: 1794
country: "France"
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startDate: "1794-07-27"
endDate: "1795-10-26"
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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.

## Summary

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.

## Sources

- [Thermidor reaction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidorian_Reaction) - Wikipedia

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