Draft:Outline of the French Revolution
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the French Revolution.
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France which began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799. Many of the revolution's ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, and its values remain central to modern French political discourse. It was caused by a combination of social, political, and economic factors which the existing regime proved unable to manage.
What type of thing is the French Revolution?
[edit]Terminology
[edit]Background
[edit]Factors which can be seen as leading to the French Revolution:
- Ancien régime
- Ruling Elite
- Age of Enlightenment
- American Revolution
- Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
- Affair of the Diamond Necklace
- Estates General of 1789
- Tennis Court Oath
Important Events
[edit]Abolition of the Ancien Régime
[edit]- Storming of the Bastille
- Creation of the Paris Commune
- August Decrees
- Abolition of feudalism in France
- National Assembly (French Revolution)
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- Women's March on Versailles
- Insurrection of 10 August 1792
- Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy
Creation of the First French Republic
[edit]- Legislative Assembly
- National Convention
- Execution of Louis XVI
- Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793
- September Massacres
- Creation of the French Republican calendar
- Creation of the Committee of Public Safety
- Commission of Twelve
- French Constitution of 1793
Reign of terror
[edit]- Law of General Maximum
- Law of Suspects
- Drownings at Nantes
- Anti-Religious Policies
- Law of 22 Prairial
- Cult of the Supreme Being
- Fall of Maximilien Robespierre
Thermidorian Reaction
[edit]The Directory
[edit]- 13 Vendémiaire
- 1795 French legislative election
- Conspiracy of the Equals
- Coup of 18 Fructidor
- 1798 French legislative election
The Consulate
[edit]- 1799 French legislative election
- Coup of 30 Prairial VII
- Coup of 18 Brumaire
- French Consulate
- Constitution of the Year VIII
- Napoleon proclaims himself Emperor of the French
Leading Political Figures
[edit]Political Parties and Clubs
[edit]Political Leaders
[edit]- Bertrand Barère
- Billaud-Varenne
- Camille Desmoulins
- Collot d'Herbois
- Georges Couthon
- Georges Danton
- Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
- Jean-Lambert Tallien
- Jacques Pierre Brissot
- Jean-Paul Marat
- Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
- Joseph Fouché
- Lazare Carnot
- Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
- Maximilien Robespierre
- Paul Barras
French Revolutionary Wars
[edit]Participants
[edit]anti-French coalition
[edit]- Catholic and Royal Armies
- Dutch Republic (1793–95)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Austria (until 1801)
- Prussia (1792–95)
- Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
- Baden
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
- Wurttemberg
- Brunswick
- Kingdom of Great Britain (Until 1801)
- Anglo-Corsican Kingdom (until 1796)
- United Kingdom
- Kingdom of Spain (1793–95)
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Kingdom of Naples
- Old Swiss Confederacy (1798)
- Order of Saint John (1798)
- Malta (1798–1800)
- Ottoman Empire
- Portugal
- Russia (1799)
- Tuscany
France and Allies
[edit]- Kingdom of France (until 1792)
- French Republic (from 1792)
- Batavian Republic (1795–1802)
- Irish Republic
- Polish Legions
- Helvetic Republic (1798, 1802)
- Spain (1796–1802)
War of the First Coalition
[edit]- War of the First Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the First Coalition
- Campaigns of 1792 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Campaigns of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Campaigns of 1794 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Campaigns of 1795 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Campaigns of 1796 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Campaigns of 1797 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Campaigns of 1798 in the French Revolutionary Wars
War of the Second Coalition
[edit]- War of the Second Coalition
- Campaigns of 1799 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Campaigns of 1800 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Campaigns of 1801 in the French Revolutionary Wars
- Treaty of Amiens
Leading Military Figures
[edit]France
[edit]- André Masséna
- Charles François Dumouriez
- François Kellermann
- Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
- Jean-Charles Pichegru
- Jean Lannes
- Jean Victor Moreau
- Lazare Hoche
- Jean Humbert
- Louis Desaix
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Spain
[edit]Catholic and Royal Armies
[edit]Holy Roman Empire
[edit]Prussia
[edit]Great Britain
[edit]Cultural aspects of the French Revolution
[edit]Notable people associated with the French Revolution
[edit]- List of political groups in the French Revolution
- List of people associated with the French Revolution
See Also
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