Henri de Thiard de Bissy
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Henri Charles Gabriel de Thiard de Bissy, comte de Thiard (7 January 1723 – 26 July 1794) was a French general and writer. He was the younger brother of Claude de Thiard de Bissy
, also a general and a writer. Henri was guillotined on the day Robespierre fell
during the French Revolution
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Claude de Thiard de Bissy
Claude de Thiard de Bissy was a French soldier. He served his military career, rising to lieutenant-général des armées du roi in 1762 and fighting in the conquest of Franche-Comté and becoming governor of Languedoc and Auxonne.-Life:The son of Claude, 7th count of...
, also a general and a writer. Henri was guillotined on the day Robespierre fell
Thermidorian Reaction
The Thermidorian Reaction was a revolt in the French Revolution against the excesses of the Reign of Terror. It was triggered by a vote of the Committee of Public Safety to execute Maximilien Robespierre, Antoine Louis Léon de Saint-Just de Richebourg and several other leading members of the Terror...
during the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
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