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Du Barry - MiniatureJEANNE BECU, COMTESSE DU BARRY Paris shopgirl who became mistress to Louis XV but was guillotined during the Revolution
REIGN OF TERROR VICTIMSThe reign of terror : a prison warder reads out the names of those who are to be guillotined today. Date: 1793 - 1792
Pierre Louis ManuelPIERRE LOUIS MANUEL French writer who supported the revolution but favoured Louis XVI : retired to the country, he was brought back to Paris and guillotined. Date: 1751 - 1793
Andre and M-J ChenierThe poets ANDRE MARIE and MARIE-JOSEPH-BLAISE de CHENIER, both revolutionaries, Andre was guillotined for opposing excesses, but his brother survived. Date: 1762 - 1794
Pierre PhilippeauxPIERRE PHILIPPEAUX French revolutionary statesman who antagonised Robespierre, was accused of treason and guillotined. Date: 1759 - 1794
Dominique Joseph GaratDOMINIQUE-JOSEPH, comte de GARAT : French statesman from Bayonne, whose task it was to tell Louis XVI he would be guillotined. He later served Napoleon in various functions. Date: 1749 - 1833
Duport-DutertreMARGUERITE LOUIS FRANCOIS DUPORT-DUTERTRE French revolutionary states- man who belonged to the wrong party which of course meant he had to be guillotined. Date: 1754 - 1793
Arthur Richard DillonARTHUR RICHARD DILLON Irish soldier in French service; capable administrator in West Indies, successful officer in Revolutionary War, suspected of conspiracy, guillotined. Date: 1750 - 1794
Pierre Gas. ChaumettePIERRE GASPARD CHAUMETTE French revolutionary statesman who closed the churches of Paris but incurred the disapproval of Robespierre, who had him guillotined. Date: 1763 - 1794
Andre ChenierANDRE CHENIER French writer and revolutionary who protested against the excesses of the Revolution so was guillotined Date: 1762 - 1794
Barnave / JonesANTOINE-PIERRE-JOSEPH-MARIE (1761 - 1793) French politician of the Revolutionary period, guillotined for treason Date: circa 1790
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie BarnaveANTOINE-PIERRE-JOSEPH-MARIE French politician of the Revolutionary period, guillotined for treason Date: circa 1790
Jeanne Becu Comtesse du BarryJEANNE BECU, COMTESSE DU BARRY Paris shopgirl who became mistress to Louis XV : guillotined in the course of the Revolution Date: circa 1760
Jeane Becu, Comtesse du BarryJEANNE BECU, COMTESSE DU BARRY (1746-1793) Paris shopgirl who became mistress to Louis XV but was guillotined during the Revolution Date: 1774
Jeanne Becu Comtess du BarryJEANNE BECU, COMTESSE DU BARRY (1746-1793) Paris shopgirl who became mistress to Louis XV : guillotined in the course of the Revolution Date: circa 1770
Fall of RobespierreRobespierre is condemned by the Convention : he will be guillotined immediately. Date: 28 July 1794
Maillards TribunalStanislas-Marie Maillard heads a tribunal which will decide who should be guillotined as enemies of the Revolution : this leads to the Massacres de septembre. Date: September 1792
KOCK PHOTOPAUL DE KOCK French humorous writer whose Dutch banker father was guillotined, vowed to laugh at anything fate dished out to him after that. Photo 1870. Date: 1793 - 1871
Francois WestermannFRANCOIS-JOSEPH WESTERMANN unscrupulous soldier and thief, who acted without pity to suppress the Vendee resistance, but was guillotined along with Danton. Date: 1751 - 1794
Duc D orleans EgaliteLOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH, duc d ORLEANS, French soldier, sympathised with Revolution, took name PHILIPPE EGALITE but guillotined none the less : father of Louis-Philippe. Date: 1747 - 1793
Chretien MalesherbesCHRETIEN GUILLAUME de LAMOIGNON de MALESHERBES French lawyer and statesman, who defended Louis XVI so was of course accused of treason and guillotined. Date: 1721 - 1794
Joseph LebonJOSEPH LEBON - French priest, revolutionary statesman, despite valuable services to his country convicted of extremism and guillotined. Date: 1765 - 1795
Isaac Le ChapelierISaC RENE GUY LE CHAPELIER French revolutionary statesman, dismayed by the terror, visited England whereupon he was arrested, and guillotined as a traitor. Date: 1754 - 1794
Lavoisier ArrestedLAVOISIER, though one of Frances most eminent scientists, is arrested, convicted on the charge of being a fermier-general, and guillotined. Date: 1743 - 1794
Fouquier-Tinville - 1ANTOINE-QUENTIN FOUQUIER- TINVILLE, revolutionary lawyer and statesman, prosecutor who sent thousands to the guillotine and was eventually guillotined himself. Date: 1746 - 1795
Bailly GuillotinedJean-Sylvain Bailly, astronomer, mayor of Paris and notable supporter of the Revolution, is himself a victim of the Reign of Terror. Date: 12 November 1793
J P Brissot - 4JACQUES PIERRE BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, French political writer, leader of the Girondist faction for which he was condemned; he fled but was captured and guillotined. Date: 1754 - 1793
September MassacresStanislas-Marie Maillard heads a tribunal which decides which of the prisoners detained in the prisons shall be guillotined as enemies of the Revolution. Date: 2-3 September 1792
J P Brissot - 3JACQUES PIERRE BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, French political writer, leader of the Girondist faction for which he was condemned; he fled but was captured and guillotined. Date: 1754 - 1793
J P Brissot - 2JACQUES PIERRE BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, French political writer, leader of the Girondist faction for which he was condemned; he fled but was captured and guillotined. Date: 1754 - 1793
Emile Henry, AnarchistEMILE HENRY - French anarchist son of a communard exiled in Spain, responsible for two terrorist bombs in Paris : after the Cafe Terminus affair captured and guillotined
Herault De SechellesMARIE-JEAN HERAULT DE SECHELLES - French lawyer, writer and revolutionary statesman who made the wrong moves and was guillotined for alleged treason
Anarchist Outrages 9The body of president Carnot, assassinated at Lyon by the anarchist Caserio, who will be guillotined for it
Armand L De G BironARMAND LOUIS de GONTAUT BIRON, DUC DE lAUZUN French soldier, fought in America and in Revolutionary War but none the less guillotined for his views
Revolutionary JournalThe inflammatory journal Pere Duchesne is distributed to armies : frontispiece shows editor Jacques Hebert, who will quarrel with Robespierre and be guillotined 24.3.1794
Bishop AbdicatesGobel, bishop of Paris, and 13 of his vicars abdicate at the request of the Commune : but this doesn t save him, he will be guillotined in April 1794
Danton Etc GuillotinedDanton, Philippeaux, Lacroix, Chabot and Camille Desmoulins are tried, condemned and guillotined by their political enemies
Comtesse Du BarryJEANNE BECU, COMTESSE DU BARRY Paris shopgirl who became mistress to Louis XV but was guillotined during the Revolution
Marie-Olympe GougesMARIE-OLYMPE GOUGES French writer and revolutionary, who quarreled with Robespierre and was guillotined
Bertons Conspiracy - 2After the collapse of Napoleonic general Jean- Baptiste Bertons attempted conspiracy, he is arrested, tried, condemned and guillotined
DUC D ORLEANS (-1793)Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d ORLEANS (known as Philippe Egalite ) despite his revolutionary sympathies, he was guillotined for supposed treason
Countess of BarryJEANNE BECU, COMTESSE DU BARRY Paris shopgirl who became mistress to Louis XV but was guillotined during the Revolution
