Committee of Public Safety Established

Date: April 6, 1793 • Location: Paris, France

During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

The French Revolution was a period resulting in the political and societal changes in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799. Many of the revolution's ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, and its values remain central to modern French political discourse. It was caused by a combination of social, political, and economic factors which the existing regime proved unable to manage.