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5 days ago · French Revolution, revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first climax there in 1789—hence the conventional term ‘Revolution of 1789,’ denoting the end of the ancien regime in France and serving also to distinguish that event from the later French revolutions of 1830 and 1848.
- Counterrevolution, Regicide, Terror
In the first phase of the war (April–September 1792), France...
- The New Regime
The complicated administrative system of the ancien régime...
- Enlightenment
Historians place the Enlightenment in Europe (with a strong...
- Causes & Effects
Lists of major causes and effects of the French Revolution,...
- Timeline
Charles-Alexandre de CalonneCourtesy of the Bibliothèque...
- Why Did The French Revolution Happen
There were many reasons. The bourgeoisie—merchants,...
- Bourgeoisie
bourgeoisie, the social order that is dominated by the...
- Louis XVI
Louis XVI (born August 23, 1754, Versailles, France—died...
- Marie-Antoinette
In more than one sense, Marie-Antoinette was a victim of...
- Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre (born May 6, 1758, Arras, France—died...
- Counterrevolution, Regicide, Terror
2 days ago · French colonial empire Empire colonial français (French) 1534–1980 Left: Royal Standard of France (before 1792) Right: Flag of the French Empire and the French Republic The First (light blue) and Second (dark blue) French colonial empires Status Colonial empire Capital Paris Religion Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, Louisiana Voodoo, Haitian Vodou, Buddhism, Hinduism [7] History • Cartier ...
- French franc and various other currencies
- Colonial empire
2 days ago · Change in per capita GDP of France, 1820–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International dollars. The economic history of France involves major events and trends, including the elaboration and extension of the seigneurial economic system (including the enserfment of peasants) in the medieval Kingdom of France, the development of the French colonial empire in the early modern ...
2 days ago · 26 January 1895 Opportunist Republicans 3: 6 Jean Casimir-Perier (1894–1895) 24 Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923) 3: 26 January 1895 1 November 1895 Opportunist Republicans 7 Félix Faure (1895–1899) 27 Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925) • 1 November 1895 29 April 1896 Radical Republicans 28 Jules Méline (1838–1925) • 29 April 1896 28 June 1898
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1 day ago · The capital and by far the most important city of France is Paris, one of the world’s preeminent cultural and commercial centres.A majestic city known as the ville lumière, or “city of light,” Paris has often been remade, most famously in the mid-19th century under the command of Georges-Eugène, Baron Haussman, who was committed to Napoleon III’s vision of a modern city free of the ...
4 days ago · Normandy, historic and cultural region of France encompassing the northern departments of Manche, Calvados, Orne, Eure, and Seine-Maritime and coextensive with the former province of Normandy. It was recreated as an administrative entity in 2016 with the union of the regions of Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie.
3 days ago · Fineness: 0.9000. Weight: 27.0000g. ASW: 0.7813oz. Melt Value: $24.66 (5/19/2024) Design. Obverse: Liberty seated left with fasces. Reverse: Denomination within wreath. Reverse Legend: TITRE 0.900 POIDS 27 GR. Numismatic specification data and valuation estimates provided by Active Interest Media’s NumisMaster.
