| − | '''Maximilien Robespierre''' (1758-1794) was the head of the [[Committee of Public Safety]] in France at the time of the [[French Revolution]], leader of the [[Jacobins]] and sent to the [[guillotine]] numerous alleged enemies including [[Marie Antionette]]. Then Robespierre met the same fate himself: he was guillotined in 1794 after he gave a speech warning against the what he perceived to be government excesses and human rights violations. Robespierre's death ended the Reign of Terror. | + | '''Maximilien de Robespierre''' (1758-1794) was the head of the [[Committee of Public Safety]] in France at the time of the [[French Revolution]], leader of the [[Jacobins]] and sent to the [[guillotine]] numerous alleged enemies including [[Marie Antionette]]. Then Robespierre met the same fate himself: he was guillotined in 1794 after he gave a speech warning against the what he perceived to be government excesses and human rights violations. Robespierre's death ended the Reign of Terror. |