13 Vendémiaire
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13 Vendémiaire, Year 4 in the French Republican Calendar, is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. This battle was part of the establishing of a new form of government, the Directory, and it was a major factor in the rapid advancement of Republican General Napoleon Bonaparte's career.
Charles Monnet's depiction of Napoleon Bonaparte's quelling of the Royalist revolt, 13 Vendémiaire, in front of the Église Saint-Roch
Bonaparte fait tirer à mitraille sur les sectionnaires (Bonaparte orders to shoot at the section members), Histoire de la Révolution, Adolphe Thiers, ed. 1866, design by Yan' Dargent
Felician Myrbach's depiction of pro-Convention gunners firing on the Royalist mob
Joachim Murat
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Joachim Murat was a French military commander and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the Empire and Admiral of France. He was the first Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808, and King of Naples as Joachim-Napoleon from 1808 to 1815.
Murat at the Battle of Abukir, painted by Antoine-Jean Gros (1804)
Murat in hussar uniform as commander of the Consular Guard, by François Gérard (1801)
Murat leading a cavalry charge at the Battle of Jena, 14 October 1806