Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Family And Early Life
He was born in Arras, France. A myth persists that his family was of Irish descent, having emigrated from Ireland at the time of the Prot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Family And Early Life
He was born in Arras, France. A myth persists that his family was of Irish descent, having emigrated from Ireland at the time of the Prot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Early Politics
He completed his law studies with distinction and was admitted as a lawyer in 1781. He returned to Arras to seek practice and to struggle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Family And Early Life
Claudius was born Tiberius Claudius Drusus on August 1, 10 BC in Lugdunum, Gaul, on the day of the dedication of an altar to Augustus. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Family And Early Life
Claudius was born Tiberius Claudius Drusus on August 1, 10 BC in Lugdunum, Gaul, on the day of the dedication of an altar to Augustus. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Collins: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Collins - Family And Early Life
Collins was born in London, England to Joseph William "Will" Collins (a South African-born Jewish talent agent) and Elsa Bessant (an Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milla Jovovich: Encyclopedia Ii - Milla Jovovich - Family And Early Life
Jovovich was born Milica Jovović in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) to a Serbian doctor Bogić Jovović and Ukrainian actr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Phillips: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Phillips - Family And Early Life
Philip Phillips was born into a Jewish family in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Aaron Pfeiffer from Ansbach, Bavaria, who changed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joel Parker: Encyclopedia Ii - Joel Parker - Early Life Family
Born near Freehold, New Jersey to Charles and Sarah (Coward) Parker, he attended the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton Univ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Shenton: Encyclopedia Ii - George Shenton - Early And Family Life
George Shenton was born in Perth, Western Australia on 4 March 1842, the eldest son of George Shenton Snr, a wealthy businessman who was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethelred The Unready: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethelred The Unready - Early Life And Family
According to William of Malmesbury, Ethelred defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesy that the Engli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarojini Naidu: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarojini Naidu - Early Life And Family
Sarojini Chattopadhyaya was born in Hyderabad, India as the eldest daughter of scientist-philosopher, Aghornath Chattopadhyaya, and Barad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom Vilsack: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom Vilsack - Early Life And Family
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Vilsack was orphaned at birth and was placed in a Catholic orphanage several days later. His name was "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel Rodney: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel Rodney - Early Life And Family
Rodney was born in September 10, 1764 at Lewes, Delaware, son of John and Ruth Hunn Rodney, brother of future Governor Caleb Rodney, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queen Sofia Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Queen Sofia Of Spain - Early Life And Family
She was born in Athens, Greece on November 2, 1938, as Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark , the eldest child of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jack Ruby: Encyclopedia Ii - Jack Ruby - Family And Early Life
Jack Ruby was born Jacob Rubenstein to Joseph Rubenstein (1871 -1958) and Fannie Turek Rutkowski or Rokowsky in Chicago, Illinois, in 191...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dermot Macmurrough: Encyclopedia Ii - Dermot Macmurrough - Early Life And Family
Mac Murchada was born in 1110, a son of Donnchad, King of Leinster and Dublin; he was a descendant of Brian Boru. His father was killed i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dick Thornburgh: Encyclopedia Ii - Dick Thornburgh - Early Life And Family
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Thornburgh majored in engineering at Yale University, graduating in 1954. He later earned a law degree ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Alda: Encyclopedia Ii - Alan Alda - Family And Early Life
Alda was born in New York, NY. His Italian-American father, Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo), was a succes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel Boone: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel Boone - Family And Early Life
Daniel was born to Squire Boone (November 25, 1696 - January 2, 1765) and Sarah Jarman Morgan (1700 - 1777) in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dick Cheney: Encyclopedia Ii - Dick Cheney - Early Life And Family
Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Richard Herbert Cheney and Marjorie Dickey. His father worked for the U.S. Department of Agricult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dick Cheney: Encyclopedia Ii - Dick Cheney - Early Life And Family
Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Richard Herbert Cheney and Marjorie Dickey. His father worked for the U.S. Department of Agricult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oswald Mosley: Encyclopedia Ii - Oswald Mosley - Family And Early Life
Mosley's family were Anglo-Irish but his branch were prosperous landowners in Staffordshire. When his parents separated, he was brought u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eric Heffer: Encyclopedia Ii - Eric Heffer - Family And Early Life
Heffer was born in Hertford into a family which was thoroughly working-class. His grandfather was a bricklayer and later a railway signal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Boxer: Encyclopedia Ii - Barbara Boxer - Early Life And Family
Barbara Levy was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, attended public schools, and graduated from Wingate High School in 1958. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ibrahim Rugova: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibrahim Rugova - Family And Early Life
Ibrahim Rugova was born on December 2, 1944 in Crnce/Cerrcë, Kosovo near the end of World War II [2]. At this time, Kosovo was occupied ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leopold Iii Of Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Leopold Iii Of Belgium - Early Life And Family
Crown Prince Leopold, just a teenager, fought as a private during World War I with the 12th Belgian Regiment. At the end of the War, in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Moore Novelist: Encyclopedia Ii - George Moore Novelist - Family Background And Early Life
Moore was born in the family home, Moore Hall, by Lough Carra, County Mayo. The house had been built by his paternal great-grandfather, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queen Sofia Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Queen Sofia Of Spain - Early Life And Family
She was born in Athens, Greece on November 2, 1938, as Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark , the eldest child of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Gilman: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Gilman - Family Background And Early Life
Gilman could trace his roots in America to the earliest days of New Hampshire. The family had settled in Exeter, a substantial town in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert B. Fall: Encyclopedia Ii - Albert B. Fall - Early Life And Family
Fall was born in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1861 to William R. and Edmonia Taylor Fall. Fall attended schools as a child in Nashville, Tennes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T. Coleman Du Pont: Encyclopedia Ii - T. Coleman Du Pont - Early Life And Family
Du Pont was born December 11, 1863 at Louisville, Kentucky. He was a cousin of U.S. Senator Henry A. du Pont and great grandson of Eleuth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John N. Bahcall: Encyclopedia Ii - John N. Bahcall - Early And Family Life
Bahcall was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He did not take science classes at high school, and became state tennis champion and a nationa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judah P. Benjamin: Encyclopedia Ii - Judah P. Benjamin - Family And Early Life
Benjamin was born a British subject in Christiansted, Saint Croix, in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands), to Sephardic Jewi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Keyes: Encyclopedia Ii - Alan Keyes - Early Life And Family
Born in a naval hospital on Long Island in New York, Keyes was the fifth child to Allison and Gerthina Keyes, a U.S. Army sergeant and a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Hulman: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Hulman - Early Life And Entry Into The Family Business
Born into one of Terre Haute's wealthiest families, young Tony was raised in one of the city's finest homes and seemed destined to enter ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Iii Duke Of Burgundy: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Iii Duke Of Burgundy - Family And Early Life
Born in Dijon, he was the son of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria-Straubing. On the 28th of January 1405, he was named Count of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leander Starr Jameson: Encyclopedia Ii - Leander Starr Jameson - Early Life And Family
He was born on 9th February, 1853, very early in the morning, of the Jameson family of Edinburgh, the son of R. W. Jameson, a writer to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud: Encyclopedia Ii - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud - Family Background And Early Life
Svinhufvud was born in Sääksmäki, the son of Pehr Gustaf Svinhufvud, a sea captain, and Olga von Becker. His father drowned at sea off...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Life Of Hugo Chávez: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Life Of Hugo Chávez - Family And Ancestry
The second son of Hugo de los Reyes Chávez and Elena Frías de Chávez (née Frías), Chávez was born in the town of Sabaneta, Barinas ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Emmanuel Prince Of Naples: Encyclopedia Ii - Victor Emmanuel Prince Of Naples - Early Life And Family
Victor Emmanuel was born February 12, 1937 in Naples to Umberto II, the last king of Italy and princess Marie José of Belgium. When Umbe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Haslet 1727-1777: Encyclopedia Ii - John Haslet 1727-1777 - Early Life And Family
Haslet was born in Straw (Bovevagh), Dungiven, County Derry in Ulster, Ireland about 1727, son of Joseph and Ann Dykes Haslet. As the eld...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Duke Of Burgundy: Encyclopedia Ii - John Duke Of Burgundy - Family And Early Life
In 1385, John married Margaret of Bavaria, daughter of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut, to consolidate his position in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Ii Of Russia - Family Background And Early Life
Nicholas was the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark). His paternal gra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Ii Of Russia - Family Background And Early Life
Nicholas was born in Saint Petersburg, the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orson Scott Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Orson Scott Card - Early Life Family And Career
Card is descended from Charles Ora Card, a son-in-law of Brigham Young who founded the town of Cardston, Alberta, the first Mormon pionee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - M. Night Shyamalan: Encyclopedia Ii - M. Night Shyamalan - Early Life And Family
Shyamalan was raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, United States, a suburb of Philadelphia, after his parents, both of whom are physician...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William F. Allen: Encyclopedia Ii - William F. Allen - Early Life And Family
Allen was born January 19, 1883 in Bridgeville, Delaware. He moved to Seaford, Delaware, Delaware with his family in 1889, and then to La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Xuan Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Xuan Of Han - Family Background And Early Life
Emperor Xuan of Han - Parentage disaster and a barely spared young life. Liu Bingyi was born in 91 BC to Liu Jin, the son of then-Crown...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Read 1733-1798: Encyclopedia Ii - George Read 1733-1798 - Early Life And Family
Read was born September 18, 1733 in Cecil County, Maryland, near North East, son of John and Mary Howell Read. John Read was a wealthy En...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regine Velasquez: Encyclopedia Ii - Regine Velasquez - Early Life And Family 1970–1983
Regine Velasquez was born to a poor family in Manila, Philippines on April 22, 1970, the first child of Teresita and Gerry Velasquez. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woodrow Wilson: Encyclopedia Ii - Woodrow Wilson - Early Life Education And Family
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1856 to Reverend Dr. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet Woodrow, making him the last...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry A. Du Pont: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry A. Du Pont - Early Life And Family
Du Pont was born July 30, 1838 at Eleutherean Mills, near Greenville, Delaware, son of Henry and Louisa Gerhard du Pont and grandson of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Forrest: Encyclopedia Ii - John Forrest - Early Years And Family Life
Forrest was born at Picton near Bunbury in what was then the British colony of Western Australia. Among his many brothers were Alexander ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Millington Synge: Encyclopedia Ii - John Millington Synge - Family Background And Early Life
Synge was born in Newtown Villas, Rathfarnham, County Dublin. Rathfarnham was a rural part of the county at that time although it is now ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - Early Life Family And Education
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born into New York society. Jackie was the eldest daughter of John "Black Jack" Vernou Bouvier III (1891-1957)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - Early Life Family And Education
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born into New York society. Jackie was the elder daughter of John "Black Jack" Vernou Bouvier III (1891-1957),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archibald Maule Ramsay: Encyclopedia Ii - Archibald Maule Ramsay - Family And Early Life
Ramsay was from an aristocratic family (he was a descendent of the Earls of Dalhousie). He attended Eton College and the Royal Military A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Ehrlich: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Ehrlich - Early Life Career And Family
Ehrlich was born in the small community of Arbutus, Maryland located southwest of Baltimore and was raised in a conservative Lutheran env...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woodrow Wilson: Encyclopedia Ii - Woodrow Wilson - Early Life Education And Family
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1856 to Reverend Dr. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet Woodrow, making him the last...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Dickinson 1732-1808: Encyclopedia Ii - John Dickinson 1732-1808 - Early Life And Family
Dickinson was born November 8, 1732 at "Crosiadre," his family's tobacco plantation in Talbot County, Maryland, near Trappe, Maryland. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dwight D. Eisenhower: Encyclopedia Ii - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Early Life And Family
Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas, the third of seven sons born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover, and their only ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dwight D. Eisenhower: Encyclopedia Ii - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Early Life And Family
Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas, the third of seven sons born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover, and their only ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dwight D. Eisenhower: Encyclopedia Ii - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Early Life And Family
Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas, the third of seven sons born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover, and their only ch...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Family Life:: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Family Life:
family life: See: grihastha ashrama, extended family, joint family. (See also: Family life: , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emanuele Filiberto Prince Of Venice: Encyclopedia Ii - Emanuele Filiberto Prince Of Venice - Early Life & Family
HRH The Prince of Naples HRH The Princess of Naples HRH The Prince of Venice HRH The Princess of Venice HRH Princess Victoria C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien De Béthune Duc De Sully: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien De Béthune Duc De Sully - Biography
He was born at the chateau of Rosny near Mantes-la-Jolie of a noble family of Flemish descent and was brought up in the Reformed faith, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haakon Magnus Crown Prince Of Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Haakon Magnus Crown Prince Of Norway - Early Life And Family
Crown Prince Haakon was born on July 20, 1973 as only son of the King and Queen of Norway, Harald V and Sonja. His godparents include Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Van Dyke 1738-1789: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Van Dyke 1738-1789 - Early Life And Family
Van Dyke was born September 25, 1738 at Berwick, his family's home in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, near the present...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Ai Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Ai Of Han - Family Background And Early Life As The Prince Of Dingtao
Emperor Ai was born to Prince Liu Kang of Dingtao (劉康), the brother to then-reigning Emperor Cheng and son to Emperor Yuan, and his w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roger Mortimer 1st Earl Of March: Encyclopedia Ii - Roger Mortimer 1st Earl Of March - Early Life Family History
Roger was the eldest son and first child born to Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore, by his wife, Margaret de Fiennes. His father had bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Biden: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Biden - Early Life And Family
Biden was born November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph R. Biden. He grew up in suburban New Castle County, Delawar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simón Bolívar: Encyclopedia Ii - Simón Bolívar - Family Heritage And Early Life
The Bolívar aristocratic bloodline derives from La Puebla de Bolibar (or Bolíbar), a small village in Basque country of Biscay, the ori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Brown Baron George-brown: Encyclopedia Ii - George Brown Baron George-brown - Family And Early Life
Brown was born in his maternal grandmothers' flat, which was in a working-class housing estate in Lambeth built by the housing charity th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Dershowitz: Encyclopedia Ii - Alan Dershowitz - Early Life Education And Family
Dershowitz was born in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and grew up in Borough Park. [1] His parent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Dershowitz: Encyclopedia Ii - Alan Dershowitz - Early Life, Education, And Family
Dershowitz was born in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and grew up in Borough Park. [1] His parent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Borlaug: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Borlaug - Early Life Education And Family
Borlaug is the great-grandchild of Norwegian immigrants to the United States. Ole Olson Dybevig and Solveig Thomasdotter Rinde, from Leik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dixie Lee: Encyclopedia Ii - Dixie Lee - Family Life
Although initially happy, the marriage was undermined by emotional pressures. Dixie suffered from acute alcoholism, which hastened her pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Kornberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Kornberg - Family Life
Kornberg married Sylvy Ruth Levy, also a biochemist of note, on November 21, 1943. She worked closely with Kornberg and contributed signi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vespasian: Encyclopedia Ii - Vespasian - Family And Early Career
He was born in the Sabine country near Reate. His father, Titus Flavius Sabinus, was an equestrian who worked as a customs official in As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matthew Tilghman: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Tilghman - Later Life And Family
In 1783 he retired from public life, and attended to his properties. Matthew died at his home Rich Neck, near Claiborne, Maryland on May ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doyle Brunson: Encyclopedia Ii - Doyle Brunson - Family Life
Brunson met his future wife Louise in 1960, and they married in August 1962. Louise became pregnant and later that year, he discovered a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dimitrie Cantemir: Encyclopedia Ii - Dimitrie Cantemir - Life And Family
Dimitrie was the son of Moldavian Voivode Constantin Cantemir (and brother to Antioh Cantemir, himself Prince), from the boyar family of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jia Chong: Encyclopedia Ii - Jia Chong - Family Life
Jia's first wife Lady Li was a daughter of Li Feng (李豐), who was suspected by Sima Shi to have conspired with the emperor Cao Fang in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandi Griffiths: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandi Griffiths - Family Life
A member of the LDS church, Sandi married her college boyfriend Brent Griffiths in 1969. They would become the parents of seven children,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shimon Peres: Encyclopedia Ii - Shimon Peres - Family Life
Shimon Peres is married to Sonya (nee Gelman), and has a daughter, Tzvia (Tziki) Walden-Peres, a linguist, and two sons, Yoni (born 1952)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Camejo: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Camejo - Family Life
Camejo is married and has two children. He lives in Folsom, California. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Asset Mana...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - The Terror
Terror is only justice that is prompt, severe and inflexible. (Maximilien Robespierre) Some have argued that Robespierre's role in the Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - The Terror
Some have argued that Robespierre's role in the Terror was but minor, and that he was a subordinate player within the Committee of Public...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Early Politics
He completed his law studies with distinction and was admitted as a lawyer in 1781. He returned to Arras to seek practice and to struggle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Robespierre's Opposition To War With Austria
On December 18, 1791, Robespierre made a speech that marked a new epoch in his life. Brissot de Warville, the dame politique of the Giron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Robespierre's Opposition To War With Austria
On December 18, 1791, Robespierre made a speech that marked a new epoch in his life. Brissot de Warville, the dame politique of the Giron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Robespierre's Downfall
At last, on July 26, Robespierre appeared, for the first time for more than four weeks, in the Convention and delivered a harangue, lasti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Robespierre's Downfall
At last, on July 26, Robespierre appeared, for the first time for more than four weeks, in the Convention and delivered a harangue, lasti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Destruction Of The Girondins
With the great question settled by the king's execution, the struggle between Robespierre and the Girondins entered upon a more acute sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Destruction Of The Girondins
With the great question settled by the king's execution, the struggle between Robespierre and the Girondins entered upon a more acute sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Foundation Of The Committee Of Public Safety
The royalist insurrection in Lyon exasperated the men who were working for the Republic, and the armies who were fighting for her. On Jul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - Foundation Of The Committee Of Public Safety
The royalist insurrections in Lyon and counter-revolutionary support elsewhere, coupled with the military reverses and increasing financi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - The Great Question Regarding The Execution Of Louis Xvi
All personal disputes, however, gave way by the month of December 1792 before the great question of the king's trial, and here Robespierr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien Robespierre: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien Robespierre - The Great Question Regarding The Execution Of Louis Xvi
All personal disputes, however, gave way by the month of December 1792 before the great question of the king's trial, and here Robespierr...   » Read the article