Vendée uprising
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The Vendée uprising was a royalist and Catholic counter-revolutionary revolt in western France during the French Revolution, marked by fierce guerrilla warfare and brutal repression.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| War in the Vendée | 10 |
| Chouan insurgents | 1 |
| Chouan uprising in Brittany | 1 |
| Chouannerie | 1 |
| Chouans | 1 |
| Royalist insurrection of 1793 | 1 |
| Vendéan insurgency | 1 |
| Vendée uprising canonical | 1 |
| War in the Vendée (external dimension) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1008354 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Vendée uprising Context triple: [Civil Constitution of the Clergy, relatedTo, Vendée uprising]
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Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793
The Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 was a pivotal popular uprising in Paris during the French Revolution that led to the purge of the Girondin deputies from the National Convention and the rise of the radical Montagnards.
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B.
Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
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C.
Jacquerie
The Jacquerie was a violent peasant uprising in northern France in 1358, sparked by heavy taxation, war devastation, and noble abuses during the Hundred Years’ War.
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Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille was a pivotal event on July 14, 1789, when Parisian revolutionaries seized a royal fortress-prison, marking the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
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Paris Commune
The Paris Commune was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that briefly ruled Paris in 1871, emerging after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and becoming a symbol of working-class uprising and communal self-governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vendée uprising Target entity description: The Vendée uprising was a royalist and Catholic counter-revolutionary revolt in western France during the French Revolution, marked by fierce guerrilla warfare and brutal repression.
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A.
Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793
The Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 was a pivotal popular uprising in Paris during the French Revolution that led to the purge of the Girondin deputies from the National Convention and the rise of the radical Montagnards.
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B.
Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
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C.
Jacquerie
The Jacquerie was a violent peasant uprising in northern France in 1358, sparked by heavy taxation, war devastation, and noble abuses during the Hundred Years’ War.
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D.
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille was a pivotal event on July 14, 1789, when Parisian revolutionaries seized a royal fortress-prison, marking the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
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E.
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that briefly ruled Paris in 1871, emerging after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and becoming a symbol of working-class uprising and communal self-governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic uprising
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civil war ⓘ counter-revolution ⓘ royalist insurrection ⓘ |
| commander |
Charles de Bonchamps
ⓘ
François de Charette ⓘ Henri de La Rochejaquelein ⓘ Jacques Cathelineau ⓘ Jean-Nicolas Stofflet ⓘ Louis Marie de Lescure ⓘ Maurice d’Elbée ⓘ |
| conflictIn | French Revolution ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| endTime | 1796 ⓘ |
| estimatedDeaths | over 100000 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
ⓘ
anti-clerical policies of the French Revolution ⓘ mass conscription (levée en masse) ⓘ persecution of refractory priests ⓘ royalist opposition to the French Republic ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Dieu et le Roi ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Battle of Cholet (1793)
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Battle of Saumur (1793) ⓘ Virée de Galerne ⓘ massacres at Nantes ⓘ siege of Angers (1793) ⓘ siege of Granville (1793) ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | Sacred Heart badge ⓘ |
| ideology | royalism ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Vendée
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Western France ⓘ
surface form:
western France
|
| notableEvent |
destruction of villages by infernal columns
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mass drownings at Nantes ⓘ |
| opponentCommander |
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
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Jean-Baptiste Kléber ⓘ Louis Marie Turreau ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Committee of Public Safety
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French First Republic ⓘ National Convention ⓘ Republican army ⓘ infernal columns ⓘ revolutionary government in Paris ⓘ |
| participant |
Catholic peasants
ⓘ
refractory priests ⓘ rural nobility ⓘ |
| partOf |
Vendée uprising
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
War in the Vendée
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| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| result |
Republican victory
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massacres of civilians ⓘ severe repression of royalists ⓘ |
| startTime | 1793 ⓘ |
| usesTactic |
guerrilla warfare
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peasant militia warfare ⓘ |
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Referenced by (18)
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