1758. Maximilian Robespierre was born

260 years ago, on May 6, 1758, Maximilian Robespierre, one of the main figures of the Great French Revolution, headed the regime of the Jacobin dictatorship from September 1793 to July 1794, was born. The basis of his policy was terror, the victims of which were, according to various estimates, from 16,000 to 40,000. The dictatorship of Robespierre ended with a coup of 9 Termidore (July 27) 1794, the day after which he was executed.

Robespierre sincerely believed that as a result of the revolution, "the French people seemed to get ahead of the rest of the human race for two thousand years." Honore Mirabeau, who was the main leader of the revolution at its initial stage, said after the first acquaintance with Robespierre: "This man will go far: he really thinks everything that he says."