Claim: Large numbers of civilians were executed during the French Revolution in 1593.
Evidence: Large numbers of civilians were executed by revolutionary tribunals during the Terror , with estimates ranging from 16,000 to 40,000.
The Reign of Terror or The Terror -LRB- la Terreur -RRB- is the label given by some historians to a period during the French Revolution , in an apparent attempt to retorically discredit or ` curse ' the politics and events especially during the dominating presence -LRB- July 1793 -- July 1794 -RRB- of Maximilien Robespierre on the Committee of Public Safety -- the de facto executive government of Revolutionary France.