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Paris in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

  • Insurrection of 10 August 1792On the 20th of April 1792, France declared war against Austria. The initial battles were a disaster for a French army partially disorganized by mutinies and…
  • 13 VendémiaireIn March 1793, armed insurrection erupted in the Vendée region of western France. This uprising stemmed from the Revolution's strongly anti-Catholic stance…
  • Concordat of 1801The National Assembly seized church properties during the French Revolution. This action stripped the Catholic Church of its vast landholdings and income…
  • Coup of 18 BrumaireOn the 12th of March 1799, Habsburg-controlled Austria declared war on France. This declaration triggered emergency measures that allowed the pro-war Jacobin…
  • Coronation of NapoleonNapoleon was crowned Emperor of the French on the 2nd of December 1804. This event marked the instantiation of a modern empire in France.
  • Battle of Paris (1814)On the 20th of December 1813, the Army of Bohemia crossed the upper Rhine near Basel. This marked the beginning of a coordinated invasion into France by…
  • Plot of the rue Saint-NicaiseAn Italian engineer in Spanish service created the explosive device known as the infernal machine during the Siege of Antwerp in 1585.