📜 AN AUGUSTIN ROBESPIERRE TIMELINE (1793–1794)
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PHASE I: First Mission to the Alpes-Maritimes (Autumn 1793)
Location: Nice & Surroundings
Theme: Supply, Logistics, and Stabilization
25 September 1793: Grain Monopoly Decree. Orders that only the state "Régie des vivres" can buy grain arriving in Nice to prevent price gouging and ensure hospitals/marine are fed.
26 September 1793: Liberation of Cornillon. Releases an elderly, infirm man, returning his confiscated papers.
1 October 1793: Promotion of Basset. Promotes Adjutant Basset to Captain for his courage in arresting a conspirator.
25 October 1793: Soap Price Adjustment. Raises the maximum price of soap to reflect the cost of imported raw materials, preventing shortages.
25 October 1793 (4 Brumaire): Metalworkers Requisition. Orders a list of workers capable of making tools/arms for the war effort.
25 October 1793 (4 Brumaire): Consul Protection. Protects the property of the Neapolitan Consul.
1 November 1793 (11 Brumaire): Bread Rationing. Orders municipalities to regulate bread given to innkeepers to prevent waste.
4 November 1793 (14 Brumaire): Genoese Trade. Encourages a Genoese merchant ship to sell its cargo without hurting its interests.
7 November 1793 (17 Brumaire): The "Egg Decree." Orders municipalities to provide eggs specifically for the sick and wounded in hospitals.
PHASE II: The Humanitarian Interlude in Franche-Comté (Winter 1794)
Location: Haute-Saône (Vesoul, Gray, Faverney)
Theme: Mass Amnesty, Justice, and Protecting the Vulnerable
25 January 1794 (6 Pluviôse): Release of Froissard. Frees a citizen whose "error" was caused by the same confusion that affected others.
27 January 1794 (8 Pluviôse): Release of Vernet. Applies a previous liberation decree to a cultivator.
31 January 1794 (12 Pluviôse): "Day of Compassion." A massive wave of releases:
Charlotte Dard: Freed (misled by employers).
Martine Camus: Freed (husband is a trusted mayor).
Victoire Rivemal: Freed (motifs for arrest were wrong).
Lescours & Jouvard: Freed (good citizens, no proof of enmity).
Claude-François Noirot: Freed (an elderly, infirm ex-monk who posed no threat).
3 February 1794 (15 Pluviôse): Anti-Famine Action. Overturns a local order that blocked grain circulation, calling the original measure "disastrous".
4 February 1794 (16 Pluviôse): Wide-Ranging Justice.
Poncelin Family: Freed (denunciation was likely personal hatred).
Menoux Commune: Releases 14 people from one village, mostly farmers and parents.
Luxeuil Supplies: Suspends requisition demands on a district suffering from drought to prevent starvation.
Desertion Inquiry: Orders investigation into desertions but demands valid proof before punishing families.
5 February 1794 (17 Pluviôse): Release of Gauchier. Freed upon petition from his commune.
6 February 1794 (18 Pluviôse): Protecting Workers & Mothers.
Harmand Family: Freed (cultivators needed for the fields).
Ferrand: Freed (arrest was due to "passion" of the committee).
Lallemand Brothers: Freed (minor grain transport error, not a crime).
Widow Barbot: Grants her a pension.
Citoyenne Delisle: Freed because she is pregnant and has 5 small children.
Forge Workers: Exempts skilled workers (Giraud, Sensé) from military draft to make bombs/cannons.
Vesoul Mass Release: Releases or moves to house arrest roughly 50 people (mostly women, elderly, and "unimportant" suspects).
10 February 1794 (22 Pluviôse): Religious Tolerance. Releases Jean-Baptiste Theurey, arrested only for refusing to go to mass.
11 February 1794 (23 Pluviôse): Legal Rigor.
Orders the public prosecutor to immediately judge detainees (punish the guilty, free the innocent) to end indefinite detention.
Arrests his own agents: Orders the arrest of Maillot and other delegates for abusing their power.
12-17 February 1794 (24-29 Pluviôse): Final Sweeping Releases.
Frees Marie-Iréné Lange, Coucy mother & daughter (noble but patriotic), Boisson, Tissot, Euvrard, Durget, Rebillet, Regnaudin, Séguin, Apremont women, Davadans, Bressand.
Gray Mass Release (27 Pluviôse): Releases nearly 30 people held for "religious opinions" or lack of enthusiasm, stating these opinions are "isolated from the Revolution".
Roussel (29 Pluviôse): Frees a farmer whose son died for the Republic.
PHASE III: Return to the Alpes-Maritimes (Spring 1794)
Location: Nice, Monaco (Fort d'Hercule), Menton
Theme: Institution Building and Anti-Corruption
5 March 1794 (15 Ventôse): Gendarmerie Reorganization. Reasserts departmental control over the gendarmerie to stop district-level abuses.
5 March 1794 (15 Ventôse): Officer Nominations. Appoints specific captains and lieutenants to the gendarmerie.
5 March 1794 (15 Ventôse): The Tobacco Factory Scandal. Annuls the sale of the "manufacture de tabac" because it was sold at a "vile price" (corruption) and orders a new, fair auction.
10 March 1794 (20 Ventôse): Protecting Émigré Assets. Suspends the sale of émigré furniture to investigate irregularities and demand a full inventory.
11 March 1794 (21 Ventôse): Investigation of Robert Cid. Demands to know the motives for the arrest of a government commissioner.
12 March 1794 (22 Ventôse): Administrative Competence. Clarifies that Departmental administrations (not just districts) still have authority over émigré lists.
12 March 1794 (22 Ventôse): Iron Collection. Orders all requisitioned iron (from churches/émigrés) be brought to Nice for the army.
13 March 1794 (23 Ventôse): Food Sales. Authorizes the sale of semolina, vegetables, and vermicelli to communes at maximum prices.
22 April 1794 (3 Floréal): Buonarroti Appointment. Appoints the famous revolutionary Philippe Buonarroti as commissioner for the conquered territories (Oneille/Loano).
4 May 1794 (15 Floréal): Maritime Law Exception. Suspends a harsh law (27 Germinal) regarding coastal residency because it is too difficult to enforce in Nice/Menton without hurting locals.
7 May 1794 (18 Floréal): Night Fishing Decree. Authorizes night fishing (normally banned) because local fish only move at night, and fishing is crucial for food and sailor training.
19 June 1794 (1 Messidor): Judicial Salaries. Fixes the salary for the criminal tribunal judges.
Jun–Jul 1794 (Paris): Returns from mission and fucking dies for whatever reason 😒😒
