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French First Republic

republic governing France, 1792–1804

20 dated entries naming French First Republic, drawn from 9 separate years between 1792 CE and 1804 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as First French Republic, Revolutionary France in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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18th century

  • 1792September 21 – French Revolution: A Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy by the French Convention goes into effect, and the French First Republic is established, effective the following day.source
  • 1793January 13 – Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, a representative of Revolutionary France, is lynched by a mob in Rome.source
  • 1793February 1 – French Revolutionary Wars: The French First Republic declares war on Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and (on March 7) Spain. During the year, the War of the First Coalition is joined by Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire, Naples and Tuscany in opposition to France.source
  • 1794February 4 – French Revolution: The National Convention of the French First Republic abolishes slavery.source
  • 1794May 7 – Maximilien Robespierre establishes the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic.source
  • 17947 May – French Revolution: Robespierre establishes the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic.source
  • 1794July 13 – Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria (First Coalition).source
  • 1794October 2 – Battle of Aldenhoven between French forces and those of Austria.source
  • 1795April 23 – Sweden becomes the first monarchy to recognize the French Republic - Swedish ambassador introduced into the French Convention.source
  • 1795July 22 – The Second Treaty of Basel is signed between the French First Republic and Spain, ending the War of the Pyrenees. Spain cedes its half of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola to France.source
  • 1795August 28 – The Third Treaty of Basel is signed, between the French First Republic and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel.source
  • 1795October 1 – The Austrian Netherlands is annexed to the French Republic, as the Belgian departments.source
  • 1797April 18 – Armistice of Leoben: On behalf of the French Republic, a delegation under Napoleon Bonaparte signs a peace treaty with the Holy Roman Empire at Leoben.source
  • 1798October 12 – Battle of Tory Island: A British Royal Navy squadron, under Sir John Borlase Warren, prevents French Republican ships, commanded by Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart, from landing reinforcements for the Society of United Irishmen on the County Donegal coast; Irish leader Wolfe Tone is captured and later dies of his wounds. This ends the Irish Rebellion of 1798.source
  • 1798October 23 – The Ottoman–Albanian forces of Ali Pasha of Janina defeat the French and capture the town of Preveza in the Battle of Nicopolis.source
  • 1798October 25 – The Ottoman–Albanian forces of Ali Pasha of Janina capture Butrint from the French after a week-long siege.source
  • 1798November 4 – The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu, held by the French, begins.source

19th century

  • 1801September 30 – The Treaty of London is signed for preliminary peace between the French First Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.source
  • 1802September 11 – The Italian region of Piedmont becomes a part of the French First Republic.source
  • 1804March 10 – Last formalities of the Louisiana Purchase; in St. Louis, a ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership from France to the United States.source

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