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Vintage engraving of the 13 Vendemiaire Year 4 (5 October 1795 in the French Republican Calendar) is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. The battle was largely responsible for the rapid advancement of Republican General Napoleon Bonaparte's career.
The return of the French royal couple from Versailles to Paris. The Poissards or "fish women", actually a march of several thousand armed civilians and soldiers, fetched on 5./6. October 1789 Louis XVI from the Versailles court to revolutionary Paris. Color woodcut after a painting by Joseph Emil Squindo (German painter, 1857 - 1882), published in 1900.
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. Original edition from my own archives Source : "Allgemeine Weltgeschichte" 1898
French Revolution - The Estates General (or States-General) of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate). Summoned by King Louis XVI to propose solutions to his government's financial problems, the Estates-General sat for several weeks in May and June 1789 but came to an impasse as the three estates clashed over their respective powers. It was brought to an end when many members of the Third Estate formed themselves into a National Assembly, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. Drawing F. Lix - Graveur : Barbant Original edition from my own archives Illustrierte Geschichte 1883
On Sunday, July 27, 1794, according to the revolutionary calendar the 9th Thermidor of year II, the period of the so-called "reign of terror" (French Terreur) in France ended with the fall of Robespierre, which at that time had already 30,000 to 40,000 people of all classes had fallen victim. The 9th Thermidor thus marks the end of the second, the radical revolution (1792-1794) in the general three-phase division of the French Revolution. Illustration from 19th century.
French citizens revolted against the monarchy by storming the Bastille prison and freeing the prisoners during the French Revolution July 14, 1789. 18th Century French history. Illustration published in 1868. Source: Original edition is from my own archives. Copyright has expired and is in Public Domain.