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The French Revolution ... Weakened by external threats and internal opposition, the Republic was replaced in 1795 by the Directory, and four years later, ...
16 May – Treaty of The Hague signed between French Republic and the Batavian Republic ceding territory to France. 31 May – French Revolution: Revolutionary Tribunal suppressed. 7 June – Siege of Luxembourg ends with surrender of fortress by Austrian forces to the French. 8 June – Dauphin, would-be-Louis XVII dies.
The French Revolutionary Wars continued from 1794 between Revolutionary France and the First coalition. The year opened with French forces in the process of attacking the Dutch Republic in the middle of winter. [1] The Dutch people rallied to the French call and started the Batavian Revolution. City after city was occupied by the French.
The French Revolutionary Wars (French: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great Britain , Austria , Prussia , Russia , and several other countries.
The Directory (also called Directorate; French: le Directoire [diʁɛktwaʁ] ⓘ) was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 26 October 1795 (4 Brumaire an IV) until November 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate.
The National Convention governed France from 20 September 1792 until 26 October 1795 during the most critical period of the French Revolution. The election of the National Convention took place in September 1792 after the election of the electoral colleges by primary regional assemblies on 26 August.
As a result of the French Revolution, many French royalists fled to Britain, including the Count of Provence and the Count of Artois.The two men divided royalist activities between them, with the Count of Provence handling royalist affairs in southern France, and the Count of Artois handling such efforts in western France.
The Oxford History of the French Revolution (3rd ed. 2018) excerpt; Mignet, François, Member of the Institute of France, History of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1814, Bell & Daldy, London, 1873. Popkin, Jeremy. A Short History of the French Revolution (2014) excerpt