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The reign of terror
Maimilien Robespierre.
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence during the French Revolution. It lasted from September, 1793 to July 1794 and is named for the many executions of those denounced as "enemies of the state", mainly in Paris but also in other areas of France. Most were guillotined (beheaded), as were King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, earlier in 1793.
The thermidorean reaction was the dismantling of the machinery of the reign of terror. The Reign of Terror occurred in France from 1793 to 1794.