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Prairial Insurrection

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1795Date range
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Chronological records

1795

Jean Bertrand Feraud20 May 1795

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Feraud is killed while attempting to protect the Convention during the Prairial uprising, when armed demonstrators invade the chamber demanding bread and the Constitution of 1793.

Names involved

Jean Bertrand Feraud

Provenance

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