Popular uprising in Paris demanding Bread and Constitution (Revolt of 1 Prairial Year III).

Popular uprising in Paris demanding for Bread and Constitution (Revolt of 1 Prairial Year III).

May 20: Jacobins and sans-culottes attacked the Convention and killed deputy Féraud. The army responded quickly and clears out the hall. The Convention votes for the arrest of attackers.

May 21: New uprising of Jacobins and sans culottes in Paris; they occupied the Hôtel de Ville.

May 22: Third day of uprising in Paris. The Convention orders the army to occupy the Faubourg Saint-Antoine.

May 24: The army secures the Faubourg Saint-Antoine and disarms and captures the members of the uprising.

May 28: The last Jacobin former members of the Committees of Public Safety and General Security are arrested and end the movement.

May 31: The Convention abolishes the Revolutionary Tribunal.

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