Person

Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1793

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Festival of Reason at Notre Dame

    1793

    Role: Hébertiste guillotined four days after Hébert, Momoro, Ronsin, and Vincent (28 March 1794)

    1. 1793 · Notre-Dame de ParisNotre-Dame rededicated as a Temple of Reason

      In 1793 the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris was converted into a Temple of Reason, and later rededicated to the Cult of the Supreme Being.

    2. late 1793 · ParisConvention prevented from attending officially

      By late 1793 the Convention might have attended the Paris festival en masse, but Robespierre's unshakeable opposition prevented it from becoming an official affair.

    3. 10 November 1793 · Notre-Dame de Paris, ParisFête de la Raison celebrated at Notre-Dame

      The official nationwide Festival of Reason, supervised by Hébert and Momoro, was held on 10 November 1793 and epitomized the new republican religion.

Sources

  1. Cult of Reason Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22