The rest of the Legislative Assembly was afraid of Robespierre; they did not who Robespierre would execute next. Out of fear of being guillotined, Robespierre attempted suicide by bullet, but survived. He was captured, and a cloth was tied around his head to keep his jaw in place; at his trial, Robespierre was unable to speak. While being tied down to the scaffold, a spectator of the crowd ripped off his handkerchief, letting his jaw hang loose. After this, another spectator gave him another cloth to stop the bleeding. Robespierre’s last words were said to this man: “Merci, Monsieur”, meaning “Thank you, Sir.” The blade then dropped, executing Robespierre by his own medicine on July 28, 1794, just over a year after the start of the Reign of
The rest of the Legislative Assembly was afraid of Robespierre; they did not who Robespierre would execute next. Out of fear of being guillotined, Robespierre attempted suicide by bullet, but survived. He was captured, and a cloth was tied around his head to keep his jaw in place; at his trial, Robespierre was unable to speak. While being tied down to the scaffold, a spectator of the crowd ripped off his handkerchief, letting his jaw hang loose. After this, another spectator gave him another cloth to stop the bleeding. Robespierre’s last words were said to this man: “Merci, Monsieur”, meaning “Thank you, Sir.” The blade then dropped, executing Robespierre by his own medicine on July 28, 1794, just over a year after the start of the Reign of