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Marat is arrested but almost immediately liberated by the Revolutionary Tribunal, an event which further intensifies the antagonism between the Girondins and Jacobins. April 23, 1793

Committee of Public Safety created by the Convention, attempting to deal with the radical movements of the Enragés, food shortages and riots, the revolt in the Vendée and in Brittany, recent defeats of its armies, and the desertion of its commanding general. This committee is charged with carrying out a policy of "terrorizing" all of France’s enemies within and without. April 6, 1793

General Dumouriez, the hero of Valmy, deserts to the Austrians. After several important defeats, General Dumouriez had proclaimed the Convention primarily responsible for them. Like Lafayette before him, Dumouriez had also attempted to urge his army to march with him upon Paris, where he would dissolve the Convention, but the army refused. After being summoned to Paris, Dumouriez flees to the enemy. This treason would bring in its path great suspicion of his allies in the Convention, the Girondins. April 5, 1793

Revolutionary Armies decreed; committees of surveillance are created in each commune. They are charged with investigating those suspected of being enemies or traitors to the nation. March 21, 1793

Austrian victory at Neerwinden. March 18, 1793

Revolutionary Tribunal created. March 10, 1793

The Convention declares war on Spain. March 7, 1793

Food riots in Paris. February 21, 1793

Decree conscripting 300,000 men. February 24, 1793

The Convention declares war on Great Britain and the Netherlands. February 1, 1793

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