Paris Commune (1789–1795)
The Paris Commune was the government which ruled over Paris from 1789 to 1795, led by Maximilien de Robespierre and François Hanriot, leaders of the Templar-affiliated Jacobin Club.
History
The Paris Commune was formed in 1789 by the Jacobin Club, a group of radicals led by the Templar Maximilien de Robespierre. The Commune ruled over Paris after the deposing of King Louis XVI and oversaw the Reign of Terror against the people that they deemed to be enemies of the revolution.
The commune was outlawed in 1794 when Robespierre, labeled a criminal by the National Convention, hid in their government center at the Hôtel de Ville, and were quelled when the Convention troops took over the hotel, in which most of the Commune guards were killed by Arno Dorian. Robespierre was executed on 28 July 1794, and the commune was eventually taken over by the French Republic.
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