The merchants of Bourdeaux are all arrested on the
same day, and condemned to the guillotine; but are
permitted to redeem their lives by paying one
hundred millions of livres, to which they are
forced to submit.
14. Robespierre invents a conspiracy, or pretended
treason, in order to secure his authority.
The wife of Momoro, who had played the part of
first goddess of reason, guillotined.
All strangers are banished from Paris.
The Vendeans are beat on the left bank of the Loire
by General Cordelier.
The convention states the expences of 1793 to be at
the rate of four hundred millions of livres a month.
15. Hebert and his partizans (sic) are arrested. The
jacobins betray the cordeliers.
17. Herault de Sechelles guillotined.
21. The Emperor forbids his subjects to make any
payments in France.
24. The island of Martinico submits wholly to the
English.
A secret is laid before the convention of removing
the impression of ink from paper, and of rendering
it as new.
Wives of emigrants forbid to marry foreigners.
Eight thousand men sent to La Vendée.
The revolutionary army is disbanded.
Means discovered to expel foul air, by burning
common salt moistened with oil of vitriol.
30. The brother of Abbé (now Cardinal) Maury