1793
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Appointed Adjutant General after the Battle of Hondschoote
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Appointed Adjutant General after the Battle of Hondschoote
Appointed Adjutant General after the Battle of Hondschoote
The Convention rejected a proposal to submit the judgment against Louis XVI to popular ratification.
Escapes an accusation of treason after the defeat of the Army of the North
Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
Custine was appointed Commander of the Army of the North.
Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
Calls for an uprising but leading Hebertists are arrested
Calls for an uprising but leading Hebertists are arrested.
Imprisoned in the Rue de Paris until 16th October
Imprisoned in the Rue de Paris until 16th October.
Stabs Marat to death in his bath. Stabs Jean-Paul Marat to death in his bath. A reaction to the Jacobin challenge to the Girondists.
Stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a Girondist and anti-Jacobin.
Marat is assassinated by Charlotte Corday and becomes a martyr figure for radical revolutionaries.
Napoleon helped direct the assault on the fortified position known as Fort Mulgrave during the final operations at Toulon.
Napoleon's conflict with Pasquale Paoli forced the Bonaparte family to leave Corsica and seek safety in mainland France.
Crowds protest Bristol Bridge tolls and proposed street changes.
Appointed Brigadier, age 24
Napoleon I was appointed brigadier general at age 24.
Appointed Brigadier
After the execution, Louis XVI's remains were buried in the Madeleine Cemetery in Paris.
Helped design the calendar which is adopted by the Convention. A "natural" calendar of 12 months of 30 days with names reflecting the climate
Helped design the calendar which is adopted by the Convention. A "natural" calendar of 12 months of 30 days with names reflecting the climate.
Lays the foundation stone of the seat of US Government
Napoleon I rejoined his company at Nice.
Rejoins his company at Nice
Rejoins his company at Nice
Joins the Army of Carteaux acting against Marseille & Toulon
Napoleon I joined the Army of Carteaux acting against Marseille and Toulon.
Joins the Army of Carteaux acting against Marseille & Toulon
Leads counter-revolutionaries & seizes Chemille
Captures Conde
Prussia takes Danzig, Thorn & Great Poland
The Council of War accepts Napoleon's proposals to recapture Le Caire Peninsular
Leads a force which recaptures Le Caire Peninsular from the British. Enables the recapture of Toulon
Captures Lyon from the Royalists
Prussia takes Danzig, Thorn & Great Poland
Toulon is recaptured by the revolutionaries
Captures Toulon & is made a Brigadier
Captures the Vendee & restores the monarchy & Church
Appointed Chef de Bataillon at the siege of Toulon
Napoleon I was appointed Chef de Bataillon at the siege of Toulon.
Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
Desmoulins quickly turned his pen against the Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security, comparing their reign to that of the Roman tyrants chronicled by Tacitus and expounding the "indulgent" views of the Dantonist faction
Desmoulins quickly turned his pen against the Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security, comparing their reign to that of the Roman tyrants chronicled by Tacitus and expounding the "indulgent" views of the Dantonist faction.
The Committee is already entering a more powerful and active phase, which would see it become a de facto dictatorship alongside its similarly powerful partner, the Committee of General Security
The Committee is already entering a more powerful and active phase, which would see it become a de facto dictatorship alongside its similarly powerful partner, the Committee of General Security.
Appointed Member of Committee of Public Safety
Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot became a member of the Committee of Public Safety.
Appointed Member of Committee of Public Safety
Georges Jacques Danton helped form the committee of public safety which assumes dictatorial powers.
Helps form the committee of public safety which assumes dictatorial powers
Georges Jacques Danton left the Committee of Public Safety.
Leaves the Committee of Public Safety
Desmoulins launched Le Vieux Cordelier against the Hebertists, then increasingly criticized emergency committees and promoted the Dantonist call for clemency.
Journalist Camille Desmoulins begins publishing Le Vieux Cordelier, a newspaper which was initially aimed, with the approval of Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety at the ultra-revolutionary Hebertist faction. Desmoulins quickly turned his pen against the Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security, comparing their reign to that of the Roman tyrants chronicled by Tacitus and expounding the "indulgent" views of the Dantonist faction
Girondin leader Maximin Isnard proposes the creation of a nine-member Committee of Public Safety
Girondin leader Maximin Isnard proposes the creation of a nine-member Committee of Public Safety.
The Committee of Public Safety is formed based upon Isnards proposal
The Committee of Public Safety is formed based upon Isnards proposal.
Appointed President of the Committee of Public Safety
Robespierre joined the Committee of Public Safety as it expanded control over wartime policy, the Terror and the levee en masse.
The Committee is responsible for interpreting and applying the decrees of the National Convention, and thus for implementing some of the most stringent policies of the Terror & the levee en masse. The Committee is already entering a more powerful and active phase, which would see it become a de facto dictatorship alongside its similarly powerful partner, the Committee of General Security. Maximilien Robespierre is elected to the Committee
Robespierre joins the Committee of Public Safety while Jacobin influence over revolutionary government increases
Robespierre joins the Committee of Public Safety while Jacobin influence over revolutionary government increases.
Appointed President of the Committee of Public Safety
The broad and centralized powers of the Committee are codified by the Law of 14 Frimaire (also known as the Law of Revolutionary Government)
The broad and centralized powers of the Committee are codified by the Law of 14 Frimaire (also known as the Law of Revolutionary Government).
Saint-Just joined the Committee of Public Safety and became one of its most forceful younger members.
Helps form the committee of public safety which assumes dictatorial powers
The Committee of Public Safety is formed based upon Isnards proposal
The Corsican Convention dissolves Corsicas Primary Assembly. Corsica is split into 2 in order to reduce Paolis influence
The Corsican Convention dissolves Corsicas Primary Assembly. Corsica is split into 2 in order to reduce Paolis influence.
The broad and centralized powers of the Committee are codified by the Law of 14 Frimaire (also known as the Law of Revolutionary Government)
1st USA Cabinet meeting, department heads in Washingtons House
Billaud-Varenne argued that the National Convention alone should direct the revolutionary government.
A Jacobin committee of Marat & Montagnards calls Paris "to arms" against the Girondins
A Jacobin committee of Marat and Montagnards calls Paris "to arms" against the Girondins.
The Jacobins assumed more and more power during the spring of 1793, with the support of the Parisian mob, which overawed the Convention, culminating in a coup at the end of May.
The Jacobins will hold power until the summer of 1794, and they repeatedly purged the Convention of those they held disloyal to the Republic.
ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months.
Helps found a "cult of reason"
Jacques Rene Hebert helped establish the Cult of Reason.
A declaration of neutrality to keep America out of the war between Britain & France
The French Republic declares war against Britain, Holland & Spain
The French Republic declares war against Britain, Holland and Spain.
The Convention declares war on England
The Convention declares war on England.
The Convention declares war on Spain
The Convention declares war on Spain.
France declares war on Britain to defend the gains of the revolution. France declares a war of European liberation
France declares war on Britain to defend the gains of the revolution. France declares a war of European liberation.
France invades the Austrian Netherlands, threatening Britains maritime security. France declares war on Britain
France invades the Austrian Netherlands, threatening Britains maritime security. France declares war on Britain.
Dumouriez defects to the Allies
Dumouriez defects to the Allies.
Saint-Just proposed suppressing departmental administrations as resistance to central revolutionary authority increased.
Leaves the Committee of Public Safety
The successful artillery operations helped force the Anglo-allied evacuation of Toulon and restored the port to Republican control.
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne proposed execution of unsuccessful generals and the creation of a revolutionary army.
Proposes execution of unsuccessful generals & the creation of a revolutionary army
Votes for the immediate execution of Louis XVI
The leader of the Lyons Jacobins is executed
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Hebert is executed alongside some of his fellow Hebertists
Sentenced to death
The appeal against Louis death sentence is turned down
Sent to the giuillotine in the Place de la Revolution, now the Place de la Concorde
Marie-Antoinette was executed by guillotine.
The execution of Marie-Antoinette by the Guillotine
Declared a traitor to the French Republic & guillotined
The Jacobins will hold power until the summer of 1794, and they repeatedly purged the Convention of those they held disloyal to the Republic, ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months
The Jacobins will hold power until the summer of 1794, and they repeatedly purged the Convention of those they held disloyal to the Republic, ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months.
Barnave was executed in Paris after revolutionary authorities prosecuted his links with the royal family.
The Revolutionary Tribunal condemned Brissot with fellow Girondins, and he went to the guillotine in Paris.
The execution of Louis XVI intensifies conflict between Jacobins Girondins and foreign enemies of the Republic
The execution of Louis XVI intensifies conflict between Jacobins Girondins and foreign enemies of the Republic.
Olympe de Gouges was executed after conviction by the Revolutionary Tribunal for her political publications.
Louis XVI met his family for the final time on the evening before his execution.
Louis XVI attended a final religious service in the Temple before being taken to the place of execution.
Desmoulins published the first issue of Le Vieux Cordelier, initially attacking the Hebertists before turning toward an indulgent position.
Appointed General de Brigade
Napoleon I was appointed general de brigade.
Appointed General of the Brigade, provisional
Napoleon I received a provisional appointment as general of brigade.
Appointed General de Brigade
Appointed General of the Brigade, provisional
Marat and radical Jacobins attack Girondin leaders as civil war and foreign invasion threaten the Republic
Marat and radical Jacobins attack Girondin leaders as civil war and foreign invasion threaten the Republic.
Paris militants and the Mountain force the arrest of leading Girondins after months of struggle with Jacobins
Paris militants and the Mountain force the arrest of leading Girondins after months of struggle with Jacobins.
Hebert and militant allies press the Convention and Jacobins toward harsher measures against enemies
Hebert and militant allies press the Convention and Jacobins toward harsher measures against enemies.
Olympe de Gouges was imprisoned because authorities regarded her political writings as counter-revolutionary.
Appointed Inspector of the Coast from the Rhone to the Var
Napoleon I was appointed Inspector of the Coast from the Rhone to the Var.
Appointed Inspector of the Coast from the Rhone to the Var
France annexes the Belgian provinces
France annexes the Belgian provinces.
Prussia takes Danzig, Thorn & Great Poland
Louis XVI was transported under heavy guard from the Temple to the Place de la Revolution.
The Law of Suspects expands arrests of those considered enemies of the Revolution during Jacobin rule
The Law of Suspects expands arrests of those considered enemies of the Revolution during Jacobin rule.
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the National Guard
Suchet was appointed lieutenant colonel of the National Guard.
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the National Guard
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel
Appointed Major
Napoleon I was appointed major.
Appointed Major
Appointed Major
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne proposed expelling foreigners and taxing the rich. Proposes execution of unsuccessful generals and the creation of a revolutionary army.
Proposes expelling foreigners & taxing the rich. Proposes execution of unsuccessful generals & the creation of a revolutionary army
Saint-Just proposed that Convention deputies directly supervise military operations or receive reports without executive intermediaries.
Barras was sent on mission to the Army of Italy and became involved in Republican operations around Toulon.
Collot dHerbois becomes associated with severe repression after the federalist revolt in Lyon
Collot dHerbois becomes associated with severe repression after the federalist revolt in Lyon.
Fouche helps impose revolutionary punishment in Lyon after the citys revolt against Paris
Fouche helps impose revolutionary punishment in Lyon after the citys revolt against Paris.
Carrier conducts harsh repression in Nantes during the struggle against counterrevolution in the west
Carrier conducts harsh repression in Nantes during the struggle against counterrevolution in the west.
Saint-Just and Le Bas were sent to the eastern armies to restore discipline and strengthen defence against Austrian pressure.
Saint-Just proposed limiting each town to a single municipality regardless of its population.
The Committee is responsible for interpreting and applying the decrees of the National Convention, and thus for implementing some of the most stringent policies of the Terror & the levee en masse
The Committee is responsible for interpreting and applying the decrees of the National Convention, and thus for implementing some of the most stringent policies of the Terror and the levee en masse.
Russia takes most of Lithuania & western Ukraine. Russia has the right of troop movements & to direct Polish foreign policy. Prussia takes Danzig & great Poland
Russia takes most of Lithuania & western Ukraine. Russia has the right of troop movement & to direct Polish Foreign policy. Prussia takes Danzig, Thorn & great Poland
Appointed President of the Committee of Public Safety
Appointed President of the Committee of Public Safety
The Convention elected Billaud-Varenne to preside during the September expansion of emergency revolutionary measures.
Danton was elected president of the National Convention during the struggle between revolutionary factions.
Vergniaud took the Convention's presidential chair during the decisive January phase of Louis XVI's trial.
Calls for an uprising but leading Hebertists are arrested
A levee en masse is raised aiming to enlist 16,000 men
A levee en masse is raised aiming to enlist 16,000 men.
The Decree for the Levee en Masse is made
The Decree for the Levee en Masse is made.
Beauharnais refused appointment as minister of war before taking senior command in the revolutionary armies.
Robespierre promoted a Republic of Virtue while Jacobin rule intensified repression before his overthrow on 9 Thermidor.
The Jacobins will hold power until the summer of 1794, and they repeatedly purged the Convention of those they held disloyal to the Republic, ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months. Robespierre tries to found the Republic of Virtue, until the Jacobins last purge, 9 Thermidor, in July 1794, executed Robespierre himself
Popular pressure places terror on the order of the day as Jacobin dominated government confronts war and revolt
Popular pressure places terror on the order of the day as Jacobin dominated government confronts war and revolt.
The Convention rejected a proposed delay in carrying out the death sentence imposed on Louis XVI.
Couthon supports Robespierre and Saint-Just in promoting virtue discipline and revolutionary government
Couthon supports Robespierre and Saint-Just in promoting virtue discipline and revolutionary government.
Billaud-Varenne supported creation of a revolutionary army during the emergency measures of September 1793.
The Law of 14 Frimaire centralises revolutionary government under the Convention and its committees
The Law of 14 Frimaire centralises revolutionary government under the Convention and its committees.
Billaud-Varenne presented proposals for strengthening revolutionary government and central authority.
Saint-Just reported for suspending the 1793 Constitution and maintaining revolutionary government until peace.
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Forms the Revolutionary Tribunal & leads it until July
Forms the Revolutionary Tribunal and leads it until July.
Forms the Revolutionary Tribunal & leads it until July
Billaud-Varenne supported formally naming the extraordinary criminal court the Revolutionary Tribunal.
The island is for a short time added to the dominions of George III, chiefly by the exertions of the fleet and the co-operation of Pascal Paoli, who ruled the Kingdom of Corsica
Prussia takes Danzig, Thorn & Great Poland
Russia takes most of Lithuania & western Ukraine during the 2nd partition of Poland. Prussia takes Danzig, Thorn & Great Poland
Prussia takes Danzig, Thorn & Great Poland
Napoleon took part in the unsuccessful French expedition against Sardinia launched from Corsica.
A Convention delegation informed Louis XVI that his death sentence would be carried out the following day.
Killed during the siege of Conde
The island is for a short time added to the dominions of George III, chiefly by the exertions of the fleet and the co-operation of Pascal Paoli, who ruled the Kingdom of Corsica. Hood then turns to the occupation of Corsica, which he had been invited to take in the name of the King of Britain by Paoli
Helps generals Houchard & Jourdan relieve Dunkirk
Fights at the siege of Mainz
The French raide the siege at Maubeuge as orderred by Carnot
Killed at the siege of Nantes
Hood and his British force withdraw to maintain their blockade of the coast, while the French republicans reoccupy the city. French royalists and other opponents of the revolution take over Toulon and invite Hood, whose fleet was blockading the city, to occupy the town
It is hoped that depriving the French revolutionaries of their maritime resources would cripple the revolution. Hood orders the French fleet burned to prevent them falling back into the hands of the revolutionaries, a task carried out by Captain Sidney Smith.
It was hoped that Toulon could be a centre of French resistance to Paris, and also to take possession of the French Mediterranean fleet of fifty eight warships, which lay in the harbour.
The allies, who did not work harmoniously together, are driven out, mainly by the generalship of Napoleon. Occupies Toulon on the invitation of the French royalists, in co-operation with the Spaniards and Sardinians.
Given command of the artillery
Appointed Chef de Bataillon at the siege of Toulon
The Council of War accepts Napoleon's proposals to recapture Le Caire Peninsular
Toulon is recaptured from the British. Directs a siege against a British squadron & wins promotion to General of brigade
Hood orders the French fleet burned to prevent them falling back into the hands of the revolutionaries, a task carried out by Captain Sidney Smith
Fights at the siege of Toulon, captures British General OHara
Congress votes to forbid participation in the slave trade with foreign nations
Another propose bill is narrowly lost
Danton supported stronger economic and military emergency measures, including a revolutionary army, during the Republic's crisis.
Napoleon developed an artillery plan aimed at positions controlling the harbour during the siege of Toulon.
Escapes an accusation of treason after the defeat of the Army of the North
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
The Directory is recognized by the Pitt Government which offers to negotiate for peace
Tried & found guilty before the Convention
Tried and found guilty before the Convention.
Brought to trial but acquited
Jean Paul Marat was brought to trial and acquitted.
Saint-Just argues that the former king must be judged as an enemy of the people and the Revolution
Saint-Just argues that the former king must be judged as an enemy of the people and the Revolution.
Barras sided against the Girondins during the Convention's escalating factional struggle.
The Convention voted overwhelmingly that Louis XVI was guilty of conspiracy against public liberty and the security of the state.
Barras voted for the death of Louis XVI without an appeal to the people or a suspension of sentence.
Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot voted for the death of Louis XVI without delay.
Birth of Sam Houston
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal and guillotined.
Death of Jacques Cathelineau, killed at the siege of Naples
Death of Jacques Cathelineau, killed at the siege of Naples.
Death of Jacques Rene Herbert, executed
Death of Jean Paul Marat, founder of "Lami du Peuple" & deputy for Paris
Death of Jean Paul Marat, founder of "Lami du Peuple" and deputy for Paris.
The leader of the Lyons Jacobins is executed
The leader of the Lyons Jacobins is executed.
Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot voted for the immediate execution of Louis XVI.
Votes for the immediate execution of Louis XVI
Louis XVI was sentenced to death.
Sentenced to death
Louis XVI was sentenced to death.
The appeal against Louis death sentence is turned down
The appeal against Louis death sentence is turned down.
Louis XVI was sent to the giuillotine in the Place de la Revolution, now the Place de la Concorde.
Sent to the giuillotine in the Place de la Revolution, now the Place de la Concorde
The execution of Marie-Antoinette by the Guillotine. Death of Marie-Antoinette, executed by the guillotine
The execution of Marie-Antoinette by the Guillotine. Death of Marie-Antoinette, executed by the guillotine.
Declared a traitor to the French Republic & guillotined
The Convention completed the decisive vote that condemned Louis XVI to death.
Wins distincton during the French invasion of the Austrian Netherlands
Defeats the Prussians
Defeats the Austrians under General Wurmser
Defeated in Alsace by the French under General Hoche
Defeats an Anglo-Hanoverian army under the Duke of York
Fights at the Battle of Hondschoote
Checks the advance of the French under General Hoche
Checked by the Allied forces under Brunswick
Routes the Prince of Orange
Wins distinctin during the French invasion of The Netherlands, defeats Dumouriez
Attacks Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg but is repulsed
The French are turned back by Saxe-Coburg
A Battle between 50,000 Allies & 45,000 French, both sides retreat
Defeated in battle against the Allies
The French raide the siege at Maubeuge as orderred by Carnot
Defeated by the French
Driven back by the French under Jourdan
Drives back Prince Saxe-Coburg & forces the Austrians to abandon the siege of Maubeuge
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