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18th century in France

  • War of the Second CoalitionOn the 11th of June 1798, General Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers directed a landing of several thousand French troops at strategic locations around the island of…
  • French invasion of Egypt and SyriaNapoleon Bonaparte departed from Toulon in May 1798 with a fleet of around 36,000 troops. His goal was to undermine British trade routes and expand French…
  • National Guard (France)On the 13th of July 1789, the National Assembly declared the formation of a bourgeois militia. This decision followed a day of anger and violence after King…
  • War in the VendéeThe rural Vendée region of western France stood apart from the rest of the country in 1789. An Intendants' survey revealed that local nobility lived among…