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Jacques Roux, a radical leader, makes one of several speeches in radical "sections" of Paris. Roux will become the leader of the Enragés, who demanded that the "aristocracy of the rich" as unfavorably as the nobility who had been stripped of their privileges in 1789. Jacques Roux and the Enragés would be attacked by the Girondists and the Jacobins, who both defended a central principle of the French Revolution, the right of property. December 1, 1792
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Jacobin Club closed. November 12, 1794
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Jacobin Club
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It’ll Be Okay 1790-05-00
Popular during the early years of the Revolution, this song’s lively tune and repetitive chorus expressed revolutionaries’ hopefulness about the future. Singers manipulated its malleable lyrics to address a broad range of topical issues.
It is decided that the Constitution of 1793, the most liberal of all the revolutionary constitutions, will be set aside. A committee is charged with drafting a new constitution. The chief prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal is tried. Conviction and execution follows. March 21, 1795
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Invasion of Spain. From 1808–1813 there is war in Spain and Portugal. February 27, 1808
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Invasion of Russia. May 24, 1812
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Invasion of Italy. April 11, 1796
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