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French Revolution

May 5, 1789 – November 9, 1799

Revolution that overthrew the French monarchy, abolished feudal privilege and made France a republic. It spread ideas of popular sovereignty and rights across Europe and ended with Napoleon's coup in 1799.

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Battles and events 18

July 14, 1789
Storming of the Bastille Bastille, Paris Pierre-Augustin Hulin, Stanislas-Marie Maillard, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay
August 26, 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Versailles and Paris Marquis de Lafayette
October 5–6, 1789
Women's March on Versailles Versailles Marquis de Lafayette, Louis XVI
August 5–30, 1790
Nancy affair Nancy
July 17, 1791
Champ de Mars massacre Champ de Mars Marquis de Lafayette
October 1791
Massacres of La Glacière Palais des Papes
June 20, 1792
Demonstration of 20 June 1792 Paris
August 10, 1792
Insurrection of 10 August 1792 Paris Louis XVI
September 2–7, 1792
September Massacres Prison de l'Abbaye
January 21, 1793
Execution of Louis XVI Place de la Révolution, Paris Louis XVI, Maximilien Robespierre
September 5, 1793 – July 28, 1794
Reign of Terror Paris Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Danton
1794 – 1800
Chouannerie Brittany
1795
Insurrection of 12 Germinal Year III Paris
May 20, 1795
Revolt of 1 Prairial Year III Paris
October 5, 1795
13 Vendémiaire Paris
September 4, 1797
Coup of 18 Fructidor Tuileries Palace
June 17–18, 1799
Coup of 30 Prairial VII Paris
November 9–10, 1799
Coup of 18 Brumaire Saint-Cloud Napoleon

Key commanders

Civilian insurgents and allies 2

Pierre-Augustin Hulin military commander Stanislas-Marie Maillard belligerent leader

Other 8

Louis XVI King of France, Called the Estates-General; deposed in 1792 and executed in 1793 Marie Antoinette Queen of France, Symbol of the old regime; executed in October 1793 Maximilien Robespierre Member of the Committee of Public Safety, Leading Jacobin and the dominant figure of the Terror Georges Danton Minister of Justice, Rallied Paris in 1792 and led the early Committee of Public Safety Louis Antoine de Saint-Just leader, member of the Committee of Public Safety Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay military commander Napoleon General, Led the coup and became First Consul Marquis de Lafayette participant, Drafted the first version