robespierre

Is changing B.C. and A.D. to BCE and CE the first sign, or just one of many signs, of a repeat? On July 27, 1794, Thermidor 9, Year II, according to the new calendar, the Thermidorian Reaction arrested Citizen Robespierre, lawyer and politician, and removed him from office. On July 28, 1794, the guillotine king was guillotined. More than 17,000 “enemies of the revolution” were murdered, mostly by that blade. His face does not deserve to be seen here, but the place of his arrest does.​

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My brother teasingly called me Robespierre. Did Tom think I had a tendency toward wanting to silence people? I plead innocent! What did he know? “Robespierre is derived from the Old French personal name, Robert, composed of the Germanic elements hrod, meaning ‘bright’, and behrt, meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’.” Hrodbehrt! Pierre could be patrilineal or matrilineal. source - houseofnames.com