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In the winter of 1794–1795 the armies of the French Republic overran the Dutch Republic, reforming the country into a sister republic named the Batavian Republic.The Dutch Republic was part of the Coalition against Republican France formed in the War of the First Coalition at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars, and their closest ally in Northern Europe was Great Britain. [3]
The decree was passed, along with the constitution, on 5 fructidor an III (August 22, 1795). The decree and constitution were then each submitted to a plebiscite and approved on a low turnout, and adopted by the decree of 1st Vendémiaire, An IV (September 23, 1795), proclaiming the French people's acceptance of the constitution presented to ...
Spain cedes its half of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola to France. 22 August – Constitution of the Year III enacted, establishing the Directory. 25 August – Battle of Trincomalee: British forces capture Trincomalee in Ceylon. [3] 28 August - The Third Treaty of Basel is signed, between the French First Republic and the Landgraviate of ...
The Council of Ancients or Council of Elders (French: Conseil des Anciens) was the upper house of the French legislature under the Constitution of the Year III, during the period commonly known as the Directory (French: Directoire), from 22 August 1795 until 9 November 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the French Revolution.
The Peace of Basel of 1795 consists of three peace treaties involving France during the French Revolution (represented by François de Barthélemy). [1] The first was with Prussia (represented by Karl August von Hardenberg) on 5 April; [2] The second was with Spain (represented by Domingo d'Yriarte) on 22 July, ending the War of the Pyrenees; and
4 June 1795 – 19 June 1795: Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais: died in 1828 in Paris 19 June 1795 – 4 July 1795: Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray: 25 August 1797 4 July 1795 – 19 July 1795: Louis-Gustave Doulcet de Pontécoulant: 17 November 1764 – 3 April 1853 19 July 1795 – 3 August 1795: Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux: 24 March 1824
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Charles Gilbert Romme was born in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, in the Auvergne region of France, where he received an education in medicine and mathematics. [1] [2] After spending five years in Paris, he went to Russia to become the tutor of Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov. He returned to Paris in 1788 and entered political life. [citation needed]