July 1794

Sunday 13:

Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria

Sunday 27:

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." (See 9 Thermidor.)

Monday 28:

Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution.