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France’s National Convention, to the horror of …
Years: 1793 - 1793
January
France’s National Convention, to the horror of Europe’s crowned heads, has inaugurated a policy of revolutionary war and has found Citizen Capet (Louis XVI of France) guilty of conspiracy, sending him to the guillotine on January 21, 1793.
Philippe Egalité is among those who vote for the death of the king.
The militant Montagnard minority, speaking for Paris and the left-wing Jacobin club, demands vigorous revolutionary measures.
The opposing Girondist leaders hope the provinces will support them in consolidating the revolution.
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- Saint Domingue, French Colony of
- Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Netherlands, Southern (Austrian)
- Sardinia, Kingdom of (Savoy)
- Naples and Sicily, Bourbon Kingdom of
- French First Republic
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- French Revolution
- Haitian Revolution
- French Revolutionary Wars, or “Great French War”
- French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1793
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Years: 1793 - 1793
January
Locations
People
Groups
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
- Saint Domingue, French Colony of
- Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Netherlands, Southern (Austrian)
- Sardinia, Kingdom of (Savoy)
- Naples and Sicily, Bourbon Kingdom of
- French First Republic
Topics
- French Revolution
- Haitian Revolution
- French Revolutionary Wars, or “Great French War”
- French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1793
Subjects
Regions
Subregions