WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17, 000 enemies of the Revolution. The day after his arrest, Robespierre and 21 of his followers were guillotined before a cheering mob in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

Detailed explanation-2: -In July 1793, following the defeat at the Convention of the Girondists, the prominent leaders of the radical Jacobins-Maximilien Robespierre and Saint-Just-were added to the Committee. The power of the Committee peaked between August 1793 and July 1794 under the leadership of Robespierre.