Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror, or The Terror (), is the label given by most historians to a period during the French Revolution after the First French Republic was established. Several historians consider the "reign of terror" to have begun in 1793, placing the starting date at either 5 September, June or March (birth of the Revolutionary Tribunal), while some consider it to have begun in September 1792 (September Massacres), or even July 1789 (when the first lynchings took place), but there is a consensus that it ended with the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794. Between
French history in the English-speaking theatre being suspected and dies (1543). John Crowne wrote "The History of Charles the Eighth of France, or The Invasion of Naples by the French" (1672), based on events during the reign of Charles VIII of France, king from 1483 to 1498. John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee wrote "The Duke of Guise" (1683), based on events during the reign of Henry III of France. Edmund John Eyre wrote "The Maid of Normandy; or, the Death of the Queen of France" (1794) concerning Charlotte Corday's murder of Jean-Paul Marat (1793) during the Reign of Terror. Tom Taylor wrote "Jeanne d'Arc" (1871), based