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Barricades and street fighting in the east of Paris (June Days) in which workers of Paris fight authorities over the closure of national workshops that provided them charity. June 23, 1848

Battle of Moscow. September 5, 1812

Beginning of La Chalotais Affair (ends in 1766). 1764

Beginning of the Refusal of Sacraments Controversy (to 1756). 1754

Bill of Rights. 1689

Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte. August 15, 1769

Birth of the King of Rome, Napoleon’s son. March 20, 1811

Black inhabitants of French colonies who are born of free parents are declared equal in civic rights with whites. May 15, 1791

Bonaparte abdicates the throne at Fontainebleau. The Count of Provence (Louis XVIII) is offered the throne by the Senate. April 6, 1814

Bonaparte appointed major–general. October 16, 1795