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Reign of Terror

The period in the French Revolution between the fall of the Girondists and overthrow of Robespierre. It lasted 420 days, from May 31st, 1793, to July 27th, 1794.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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