September Massacres

When

2 Sep 1792 – 7 Sep 1792

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

1,450

Coordinates

48.85° N, 2.34° E

Description

Wave of killings in France in 2–7 Sept. 1792 during the French Revolution, in which half the prison population of Paris (that is, approximately 1200–1400 peo…

1792 killings of prisoners in Paris

The September Massacres were a series of killings and summary executions of prisoners in Paris that occurred in 1792 from 2 September to 6 September during the French Revolution. Between 1,176 and 1,614 people were killed by sans-culottes, fédérés, and guardsmen, with the support of gendarmes responsible for guarding the tribunals and prisons, the Cordeliers, the Committee of Surveillance of the Commune, and the revo…

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French Revolution: September Massacres – Rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops and more than 200 priests, together with at least 1,000 other…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Als Folge des Manifests des Herzogs von Braunschweig und des Falls von Verdun kommt es in Paris zu einer Massenhysterie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacres de Septembre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в тюрьмах Парижа народом казнено свыше тысячи контрреволюционеров”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “9月2-7日——法國大革命九月大屠殺：暴民屠殺3名羅馬主教和200多名神父，以及1000名以上罪犯。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “九月虐殺：反革命の恐怖に駆られたパリ市民が、監獄内の囚人や反革命容疑者を虐殺。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page