Thermidorian Reaction – Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidorian_Reaction

The Thermidorian Reaction was a coup d’état within the French Revolutionagainst the leaders of the Jacobin Club who had dominated the Committee of Public Safety. It was triggered by a vote of the National Convention to executeMaximilien RobespierreLouis Antoine de Saint-Just, and several other leading members of the revolutionary government. This ended the most radical phase of the French Revolution.

My favorite town name is now Crocodilopolis. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faiyum

Faiyum[1] (Arabicالفيوم‎‎ El Fayyūm pronounced [elfæjˈjuːm]Coptic ̀ⲪⲓⲟⲙPhiom) is a city in Middle Egypt. Located 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. Originally called Shedet in Ancient Egypt, the Greeks called it Crocodilopolis or Krocodilopolis, the Romans Arsinoë.[2]It is one of Egypt’s oldest cities due to its strategic location.[2]

My favorite town name is now Crocodilopolis.