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Government of France

  • French First RepublicMobs of Parisians broke into the city's prisons during the first week of September 1792. They killed over half of the prisoners, including nobles and…
  • First French EmpireOn the 2nd of December 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte stood inside Notre-Dame de Paris to receive his imperial crown. Pope Pius VII had traveled from Rome to…
  • Conseil d'ÉtatIn 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte established the Council of State as a judicial body to adjudicate claims against the State and assist in drafting important laws.
  • National ConventionThe National Convention convened for its first session on the 20th of September 1792 inside the Salle des Cent-Suisses. This hall was small and cramped…