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1400-1789
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Designation of France's form of government from the end of the Middle Ages to the revolutionary period.
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Ancien Regime
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1712-1778
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This philosopher of the Enlightenment is considered to be the major forerunner of the French Revolution.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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1762
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This philosophical work of the above was his most important and influential.
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The Social Contract
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19. Februar 1781
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This controller-general of finances publishes the Compte rendu au Roi (Financial Report to the King)
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Jacques Necker
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7. Juni 1788
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This uprising, a harbinger of revolution, begins in Grenoble
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Day of the Tiles
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Januar 1789
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Considered the main theorist of the French Revolution.
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Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes
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Januar 1789
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This is his most famous work, which significantly influenced the revolution.
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What Is the Third Estate?
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1. Mai 1789
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Louis XVI convened this assembly to reduce the state's debts.
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Estates General
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17. Juni 1789
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The representatives of the Third Estate call this assembly.
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National Constituent Assembly
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20. Juni 1789
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The deputies of the Third Estate give to each other this oath that they will not part until France has a constitution.
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Tennis Court Oath
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13. Juli 1789
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This vigilante group is set up to ensure public safety in Paris.
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National Guard
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14. Juli 1789
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Storming of this state prison. Generally regarded as the beginning of the revolution.
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Bastille
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14. Juli 1789
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The name of the Paris government between 1789-1795
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Paris Commune
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15. Juli 1789
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This French general and supporter of the American Independence Movement becomes commander of that vigilante group.
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Marquis de Lafayette
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20. Juli - 6. August 1789
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Violent peasant uprisings during this period.
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Grande Peur (Great Fear)
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26. August 1789
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The National Assembly adopts this declaration.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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5. Oktober 1789
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These people march to Versailles and force the king to flee to Paris
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Women
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2. November 1789
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The National Assembly decides to nationalize church property. This is called what?
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Secularization
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19. Dezember 1789
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This paper money is introduced to balance the national debt.
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Assignat
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24. Dezember 1789
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This Radical Club meets for the first time in a Paris monastery.
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Jacobins
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1790-1799
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These ordinary Parisian workers were the paramilitaries of the Radical and Extreme groups.
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Sans-culottes
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14. Juli 1790
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At this feast Louis XVI swore an oath to the new state.
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Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation)
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30. Januar 1791
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This politician and publicist becomes chairman of the National Assembly.
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Marquis de Mirabeau
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20. Juni 1791
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The king's attempt to escape from Revolutionary Paris
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Flight to Varennes
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17. Juli 1791
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A mass panic broke out at a Republican rally during which the National Guard shot and killed several people.
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Champ de Mars massacre
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27. August 1791
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Prussia and Austria issue this declaration in support of Louis XVI.
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Declaration of Pillnitz
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3. September 1791
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The first French Constitution is enacted, France now has this form of government
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Constitutional Monarchy
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5. September 1791
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This women's rights activist wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Women and of the Female Citizen". She was executed during the reign of terror.
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Olympe de Gouges
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24. März 1792
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This powerful group of deputies will provide the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Finance in the new cabinet.
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Girondins
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20. April 1792
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This war begins with the declaration of war on Austria.
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War of the First Coalition
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20. April 1792
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The Supreme Commander of the Allied Army in this war.
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Duke of Brunswick
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25. April 1792
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in this city Rouget de Lisle composed the marseillaise
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Strasbourg
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10. August 1792
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This palace is stormed by insurgents and revolutionaries.
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Tuileries Palace
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2. - 5. September 1792
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The murder of numerous detainees believed to be opponents of the revolution.
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September Massacres
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20. September 1792
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Elections to this new Parliamentary Assembly will be held.
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National Convention
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20. September 1792
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Prussian troops invade France but are defeated in this battle and forced to retreat.
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Cannonade of Valmy
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22. September 1792
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This new way of calculating time is introduced.
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French Revolutionary calendar
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17. - 21. Januar 1793
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A vote in the National Convention on the execution of Louis XVI ends with 361 yes to 360 no votes. He was executed on this square in Paris.
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Place de la Concorde (Place de la Revolution)
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März 1793
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Beginning of the uprising of the Catholic-Royalist rural population in this department.
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Vendee
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März 1793
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The leader of the uprising was this nobleman.
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Henri de La Rochejaquelein
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10. März 1793
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This type of court was established by the National Convention to try opponents of the Revolution.
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Revolutionary Tribunal
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18. März 1793
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After the French defeat at Neerwinden, this general changes sides to avoid a tribunal sentence.
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Charles-Francois Dumouriez
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6. April 1793
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This executive body of the National Convention is founded, its members will govern France dictatorially in the reign of terror.
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Committee of Public Safety
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6. April 1793
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This Jacobin becomes the first chairman of this executive body.
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Georges Danton
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31. Mai - 2. Juni 1793
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During an uprising of radicals on the National Convention, the Girondists are deprived of power, this demagogue led the uprising.
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Jean-Paul Marat
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2. Juni 1793
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After the Girondists were ousted, this party became the leading one in the National Convention.
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The Mountain (Montagnards)
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24. Juni 1793
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This politician drafted a new Republican Constitution, which was adopted but never came into force.
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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
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13. Juli 1793
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the radical revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is murdered by this noblewoman in his bathtub.
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Charlotte Corday
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27. Juli 1793
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This Radical Jacobin becomes head of the Welfare Committee and the leading French politician until his execution.
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Maximilien de Robespierre
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23. August 1793
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The general conscription is introduced, it bears this name in French.
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Levee en masse
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5. September 1793
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This bloody period of revolution begins.
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Reign of Terror
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18. September 1793
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The inhabitants of this city turned away from the rule of the Jacobins and handed over the city's important war port to the Allies.
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Toulon
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18. Dezember 1793
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After four months of siege, the French army conquered that city thanks to the plans of this young officer.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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29. September 1793
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This law regulates the prices of food and goods for daily use.
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General Maximum
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16. Oktober 1793
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Execution of this former queen.
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Marie-Antoinette
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12. November 1793
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This Scientist, Mayor of Paris and Moderate Politician was Executed
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Jean-Sylvain Bailly
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15. Februar 1794
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This flag becomes the national flag.
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Tricolore
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25. März 1794
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The members of this ultra-radical group were executed.
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Hebertists
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5. April 1794
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Danton and this supporter of Danton are executed.
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Camille Desmoulins
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8. Juni 1794
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Robespierre tries to impose this cult as the state religion.
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Cult of the Supreme Being
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26. Juni 1794
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After the victory in this important battle, France conquers the Republic of the United Netherlands.
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Battle of Fleurus
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27. Juli 1794
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Robespierre was deposed and executed with his followers two days later. This name was given to the uprising against Robespierre.
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Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor
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1795
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This is the name given to the persecutions against the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror.
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White Terror
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19. Januar 1795
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This republic was founded in the Netherlands as a satellite state of France.
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Batavian Republic
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5. April 1795
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This treaty concluded peace between Prussia and France
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Peace of Basel
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22. Juli 1795
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What is the name of the uprising of the royalist catholic bretons against revolutionary France.
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Chouannerie
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22. August 1795
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The National Convention adopts a new constitution in which this five-member body assumes executive power.
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Directory
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26. Oktober 1795
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Since the new constitution, France has two parliaments. What are they called?
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Council of Five Hundred - Council of Ancients
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31. Oktober 1795
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This man will be the chairman of the new body. And will be the leading politician of France until 1799.
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Paul Barras
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2. Februar 1796
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This Irish Republican lands in France hoping for help in his rebellion against Britain.
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Wolfe Tone
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10. April 1796
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Napoleon Bonaparte begins this campaign, which will make him famous.
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Italian Campaign
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10. April 1796
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This field marshal is the leader of the Austrian troops in this campaign.
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Count Dagobert von Wurmser
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1. Juni 1796
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France begins the Rhine campaign under this general.
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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
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4. Juni 1796
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After almost six months of siege, Napoleon conquers this city.
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Mantua
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18. August 1796
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In the second treaty of san ildefonso, France allies itself with this state against Great Britain
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Spain
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9. September 1796
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The "conspiracy of the equals" is the name given to the attempted coup of this radical early socialist and his followers.
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Francois-Noel Babeuf
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15. - 17. November 1796
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Napoleon wins this important battle south of Verona.
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Battle of Arcole
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14. Januar 1797
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After this battle, Napoleon secured all of northern Italy.
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Battle of Rivoli
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2. Februar 1797
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This Austrian field marshal forces the French to retreat and ends the Rhine campaign
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Archduke Charles
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10. Februar 1798
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This pope is arrested and taken to Valence, where he died in 1799.
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Pius VI.
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14. Februar 1797
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In this naval battle off the coast of Portugal, the royal navy defeated the Spanish fleet.
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Battle of Cape St. Vincent
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29. Juni 1797
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This Italian sister republic is proclaimed.
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Cisalpine Republic
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11. Oktober 1797
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In this naval battle in the North Sea, the royal navy defeated the Batavian Republic.
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Battle of Camperdown
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17. Oktober 1797
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This peace ended the war with Austria and thus the War of the First Coalition.
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Treaty of Campo Formio
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10. Februar 1798
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This French general conquers Rome and proclaims the Roman Republic five days later.
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Louis-Alexandre Berthier
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22. März 1798
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In Switzerland this French satelitte state is proclaimed
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Helvetic Republic
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9. - 11. Juni 1798
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Napoleon conquers Malta, which angers this Russian Emperor, who is the Grand Master of the Order of Malta.
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Paul I.
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21. Juli 1798
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During his Egyptian campaign, Napoleon wins this important battle against the Mamluks.
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Battle of the Pyramids
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1. August 1798
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In this naval battle off the coast of Egypt, the Royal Navy decisively defeats the French fleet
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Battle of the Nile
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1. August 1798
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This admiral was the British leader in the battle.
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Horatio Nelson
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27. August 1798
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France manages to transport 2000 troops to Ireland and win this battle there.
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Battle of Castlebar
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27. November 1798
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This kingdom conquers Rome, but is itself conquered by France two months later.
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Kingdom of Naples
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7. März 1799
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Napoleon conquers this city in Israel, where many of his soldiers contract the plague.
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Jaffa
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12. März 1799
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France declares war on Austria again, officially beginning this war.
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War of the Second Coalition
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12. März 1799
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Austria, Britain, Russia and this other great power are fighting together in this war against France, Spain and the French sister republics.
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Ottoman Empire
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16. April 1799
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In this biblical place Napoleon defeats the Ottomans.
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Mount Tabor
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25. - 27. April 1799
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A Russian-Austrian army wins this battle which ends in the conquest of Milan.
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Battle of Cassano
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Juni 1799
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This general is the leader of the Russian troops in Italy.
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Alexander Suvorov
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25. Juli 1799
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In this battle Napoleon defeated the Ottomans under Said Mustafa Pasha.
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Battle of Abukir
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15. August 1799
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In this last great battle of the revolutionary period, France again loses to a Russo-Austrian army. However, Russia withdraws from the alliance two months later due to disputes.
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Battle of Novi
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23. August 1799
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Napoleon leaves Egypt to end the unrest in France, he makes this general the leader of the troops in Egypt.
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Jean-Baptiste Kleber
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23. Oktober 1799
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Napoleon's younger brother is elected chairman of the Council of Five Hundred.
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Lucien Bonaparte
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3. November 1799
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Napoleon meets with this police minister to plan a coup.
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Joseph Fouche
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9. November 1799
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The coup d'état of Napoleon begins, This name it bears.
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Coup of 18 Brumaire
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10. November 1799
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Napoleon's troops secure Paris, the members of the Directory voluntarily resign or are arrested. Napoleon speaks to the two councils and declares that he will create this new government.
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The Consulate
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22. November 1799
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This statesman and cleric will be the foreign minister in the new cabinet.
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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24. Dezember 1799
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Napoleon becomes first consul, this noble statesman becomes second consul.
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Jean-Jacques-Regis de Cambaceres
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24. Dezember 1799
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This statesman becomes third consul.
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Charles-Francois Lebrun
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24. Dezember 1799
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With Napoleon's seizure of power, the French Revolutionary period ends and this era begins.
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Napoleonic era
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