The Reign of Terror lasted between about September, 5 1793 and July, 28 1794. During the power of Maximilien Robespierre and before the thermidorean reaction. Incited by conflict between two enemy political factions, the Girondins and Jacobins, and by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution”. The death count quickly was in the tens of thousands, 16,594 where executed by guillotine and another 25,000 executions happened across France The guillotine, called the "National Razor", became the symbol of the revolutionary cause, supported by a series of executions: King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, Madame Roland most of the Girondins, and many others, lost their lives under its blade. The Catholic Church opposed the revolution, which had turned most the clergy into employees of the committee and where required to take an oath of loyalty. The reign of terror is known for death and executions but also angered the citizens which caused them to remove Robespierre from power and execute him (The thermidorean reaction)