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1 day ago · Reign of Terror and execution of Louis XVI. French Revolutionary Wars. Establishment of the French Consulate in November 1799. The French Revolution [a] was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French ...
- Reign of Terror
On 26 February and 3 March 1794 (8 and 13 Ventôse),...
- Storming of The Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille...
- French Revolution (Disambiguation)
The French Revolution was a period of social radial and...
- Reign of Terror
2 days ago · About 16,000 people were executed in a Reign of Terror, which ended in July 1794. Weakened by external threats and internal opposition, the Republic was replaced in 1795 by the Directory . Four years later in 1799, the Consulate seized power in a military coup led by Napoleon Bonaparte .
2 days ago · 1724–1794: Frederick William II of Prussia 1744–1797: Elisabeth Augusta of Sulzbach 1721–1794: Charles Theodore 1724–1777–1799: Francis I, Holy Romann Emperor 1708–1765: Maria Theresa of Austria 1717–1780: Maximilian III Joseph 1727–1745–1777: Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony 1728–1797: Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 1754–1832 ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Date: 1787 - 1799. Location: France. Participants: bourgeoisie. Montagnard. peasant. philosophe. sansculotte. Major Events: Coup of 18–19 Brumaire. Civil Constitution of the Clergy. French Revolutionary wars. Reign of Terror. Thermidorian Reaction. (Show more) Key People: Marie-Thérèse-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe. Louis XVI.
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Apr 24, 2024 · Festival of Supreme Being. Annotation. These depictions show the Festival of the Supreme Being during the French Revolution, a massive pageant staged by Jacques–Louis David on 8 June 1794, in open air on the "Field of Reunion," formerly the royal army’s parade ground.
Apr 23, 2024 · Antoine Lavoisier (born August 26, 1743, Paris, France—died May 8, 1794, Paris) was a prominent French chemist and leading figure in the 18th-century chemical revolution who developed an experimentally based theory of the chemical reactivity of oxygen and coauthored the modern system for naming chemical substances.
Apr 15, 2024 · Anthony Wayne (born January 1, 1745, near Paoli, Pennsylvania [U.S.]—died December 15, 1796, Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, U.S.) was a prominent American general during the Revolutionary War, who later destroyed the Northwest Indian Confederation at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in Ohio (August 20, 1794).
