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July 28: The Assembly refuses to allow Austrian troops to cross French territory to suppress an uprising in Belgium, inspired by the French Revolution. July 31: The Assembly decides to take legal action against Marat and Camille Desmoulins because of their calls for revolutionary violence.
The balls and festivals of 1797 and the laws regulating such activities are of special interest to many keen to better understand the dynamics of the closing years of the French Revolution. That people dance and sing to escape sadness and toil is a timeless fact of human life, and of agrarian life in particular.
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
Pastry War: Victorious French troops withdraw from Mexico after their demands were satisfied. 1848: February: February Revolution or French Revolution of 1848: Republican riots forced King Louis-Philippe to abdicate and flee to England. 20 December: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte starts his term as the first president of the French Republic.
Tocqueville's contributions to the historiography of the Revolution included his extensive use of the recently opened French archives and his stress that the Revolution had multiple causes, including the King's attempts at reform: [25] "The social order destroyed by a revolution is almost always better than that which immediately precedes it ...
Pages in category "French history timelines" ... Timeline of French history; 0–9. 1606 in France; 1681 in France; ... Timeline of the French Revolution; S.
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The Circassians of the Abdzakh region started a great revolution in Circassian territory in 1770. Classes such as slaves, nobles and princes were completely abolished. The Abdzakh Revolution coincides with the French Revolution. While many French nobles took refuge in Russia, some of the Circassian nobles took the same path and took refuge in ...