France’s National Convention, to the horror of…
January 1793 CE
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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Austria, Archduchy of
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Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
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Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
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Saint Domingue, French Colony of
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Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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Netherlands, Southern (Austrian)
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Sardinia, Kingdom of (Savoy)
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Naples and Sicily, Bourbon Kingdom of
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French First Republic
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