Fête de la Fédération History’s Most Infamous Figures: Part 6 – Maximilien Robespierre: The Architect of Terror On July 14, the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation) celebrated the storming of the Bastille, the Revolution, and a new sense of unity. The Bishop of Autun, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord led the mass and Louis XVI pledged to uphold a new constitution. Lafayette and the moderates cheered, but Robespierre stood silent. To him this was an illusion. It was either kin