French First Republic
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In the history of France, the French Republic, retroactively referred to as the First Republic and sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, was founded on 21 September 1792 dur
Georges Danton (Cordeliers/The Mountain)
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (Girondins)
Étienne Clavière (Girondins)
Maximilien Robespierre (Jacobins/The Mountain)
Reign of Terror
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The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to the Federal
French First Republic
…in Vendée. This period was characterised by the downfall and abolition of the French monarchy, the establishment of the National Convention and the Reign of Terror, the Thermidorian Reaction and the founding of the Directory, and, finally, the creation of the Consulate and Napoleon's rise to power. Under the…
Nine émigrés are executed by guillotine, 1793
Historical caricature of the Reign of Terror.
Bertrand Barère by Jean-Louis Laneuville.
The Battle of Fleurus, won by General Jourdan over the Coalition Army led by the Prince of Coburg and William of Orange on 26 June 1794