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Babeuf is arrested and his Conspiracy of Equals is suppressed. May 10, 1796

The Directory begins, 1795–1799, created by Constitution of the Year III. November 3, 1795

Annexation of Belgium. It is incorporated into the Republic as eight new departments. In 1799 the German west bank of the Rhine is incorporated as four new departments. October 1, 1795

Fall of Robespierre, 9 Thermidor Year II. July 27, 1794

Execution of Louis XVI. January 21, 1793

The Fall of the Monarchy. Popular assault on the Tuileries; Louis XVI deposed. August 10, 1792

France declares war on the King of Hungary and Bohemia (the Austrian Francis II). Prussia joins with Austria. April 20, 1792

The Fall of the Bastille. July 14, 1789

Deliberations of the Estates–General begin at Versailles. May 5, 1789

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Funeral Hymn for General Hoche 1797-00-00

This hymn was performed at the state funeral held in Paris for Lazare Hoche. Only twenty–nine when he died, Hoche was already famous for his daring military leadership against the Prussians in 1793 and for the role he played in helping to quell…

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