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Louis XVI Stopt [sic] in his Flight at Varennes 1796

This romantic English painting of the King’s flight suggests only a few feet separated the King from escape.

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Day of 1 Prairial of the Year III 1796

Men and women threaten the deputies on 20 May 1795. They demand "Bread and the Constitution of 1793." This day marked one of the last interventions of ordinary women into national politics.

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Diary of a Woman at Fifty 1796

Born in 1770 and married to the only surviving son of one of the greatest noble families in France, the Marquise de la Tour du Pin endured humiliation, emigration, and Terror during the first part of the revolutionary decade. Upon her return to…

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Ceremonial destruction of plates used for printing assignats. February 18, 1796

Napoleon is named commander–in–chief of all French forces in Italy. March 2, 1796

Bonaparte marries Joséphine Beauharnais. March 9, 1796

Napoleon begins to prepare his own Italian campaign. March 27, 1796

Royal leader Charette executed. March 29, 1796

The alleged Conspiracy of the Equals organized by Gracchus Babeuf. The goal is a coup d’état and the end of the Directory in order to set a communist government in its place. March 30, 1796

Invasion of Italy. April 11, 1796

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