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France’s administration reorganized with the establishment of departments, districts, cantons, and communes. December 1789

France, The Gods Are Athirst 1912

One of the most widely–read authors of the late nineteenth century, Anatole France (1844–1924) saw the humanity of even the most notorious revolutionary figures such as Jean–Paul Marat. Yet, dedicated to the principles of 1789, France preferred the…

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

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Fouquier–Tinville, the chief prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal, is tried. Conviction and execution follow swiftly. March 28, 1795

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Founding the Society of the Friends of the Blacks. 1788

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Foundation of the Republic, August 10, 1792 1792

One of the sharper engagements of 10 August between the revolutionaries and the royal defenders occurred on the palace’s steps. The caption emphasizes the revolutionaries’ point of view.

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Foulon de Doué and Bertier de Sauvigny are murdered in Paris. July 22, 1789

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Food riots in Paris. February 21, 1793

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Fleeing by Design or the Perjurer Louis XVI 1791

Another engraving of the King’s arrest portrays the guard apprehending Louis and his family in their flight from Paris in June 1791. From Varennes, the royal family is brought back to Paris accompanied by three deputies of the National Assembly,…

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First use of the guillotine. April 25, 1792

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