The French Revolution was a period of social radial and political society in France from 1789 to 1799, including the creation of a constitutional monarchy, the Reign of Terror, execution of Louis XVI and the proclamation of the French First Republic.
French Revolution or La Révolution Française may also refer to:
Events in France
France has seen a number of revolutions that can be classified into three groups:
Four French revolutions that brought a change in political regime:
The
second French revolution, also called "July Revolution", refers to the three revolutionary days of July 27, 28 and 29 of 1830, nicknamed "The Three Glorious"; they replaced the
Second Restoration by the
July Monarchy, during which the king
Charles X would be overthrown and replaced with his cousin
Louis Philippe;
The
third French revolution, also called "February revolution", refers to the four revolutionary days from February 22 to February 25, 1848, during which would be put an end to the July Monarchy and would be proclaimed the
Second Republic;
The fourth French Revolution refers to the events of September 4, 1870, day on which both the populations of Paris and Lyon, faced with a hesitant Parliament (Corps Législatif), replaced the
Second Empire with the
Third Republic.
Other events, referred to as revolutions or revolutionary days, that caused a popular uprising among the French:
The "parliamentary revolution" of 1787, supported by the Parisian riots and prelude to the Convocation of the
Estates General of 1789;
The
second revolution, prelude to the proclamation of the First Republic;
The unsuccessful
Paris Commune, the last of the great revolutionary events of the French nineteenth century, which began with the uprising of March 18, 1871, followed or preceded by insurrectionary communes, such as those of Lyon, Marseille, Saint-Étienne, Narbonne, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Algiers and Montereau, and ended in Paris on May 8, 1871.
Other revolutionary days that marked a popular Parisian insurrection:
The unsuccessful
revolt of Prairial 1, Year III (May 20, 1795), whose failure put an end to the project of restoration of a revolution government dominated by the
Montagnards;
The unsuccessful
June Rebellion, during which the republicans failed to overthrow the July Monarchy;
The unsuccessful protest of June 13, 1849, the last revolutionary day of the Second Republic;
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