Look for the distinctive male Hazelnut flowers, called catkins, which look like 2-inch to 3-inch long yellow or brown growths at the end of the tree branches. The male flowers grow in clusters of two to three and typically form in the winter months.
Committee of Public Safety. Executive committee established by National Convention that was supposed to supervise the elimination of the enemies of the revolution, under the leadership of Robespierre. Developed a relationship with the sans-culotte of Paris that mostly just touched the surface.
Antoine Lavoisier. Death Summary: Lavoisier was captured, with 27 others, during the The Reign of Terror in the French revolution. He was tried in May 8, 1794 and sentenced to death. Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined that same day. He was 51. Who was Antoine Lavoisier: French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry.