French First Republic

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The French First Republic was the revolutionary government of France from 1792 to 1804, marked by the overthrow of the monarchy, the Reign of Terror, and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state
historical polity
republic
capital Paris
constitutionalDocument Constitution of the Year VIII
French Constitution of 1793
French Constitution of 1795
country France
currency French franc
French livre
endTime 1804-05-18
establishedDuring French Revolution
event Coup of 18 Brumaire
Coup of 9 Thermidor
Reign of Terror
War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
executiveBody Committee of Public Safety
Consulate
Directory
flagUsed tricolour flag of France
followed Constitutional Kingdom of France (1791–1792)
Kingdom of France (Ancien Régime)
followedBy First French Empire
governmentForm republican government
revolutionary government
headOfState Consuls of France
Directory (collective)
National Convention (collective)
historicalEra Age of Revolution
ideology Jacobinism
republicanism
revolutionary liberalism
legislature Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred
National Convention
monarchyAbolishedOn 1792-09-21
motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
notableLeader Georges Danton
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Paul Barras
officialLanguage French
reasonForEnd proclamation of the First French Empire
religiousPolicy Civil Constitution of the Clergy (continuation of its effects)
dechristianization campaign
startTime 1792-09-22
territoryIncludes Belgium (annexed territories)
Left Bank of the Rhine (annexed territories)
metropolitan France

Referenced by (78)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
André Masséna
Army of the Rhine
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers
Jacques François Dugommier
Jean François Carteaux
Louis Desaix
Napoleon Bonaparte
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
allegiance
Anglo-Russian invasion of the Netherlands
Battle of Fleurus (1794)
Siege of Acre
Siege of Toulon
War of the Second Coalition
belligerent
Anglo-Russian invasion of the Netherlands
French Revolutionary Wars
Preliminaries of Leoben
Treaty of Basel (1795)
countryInvolved
First Coalition
French Royalists ("First French Republic")
French Royalists ("Jacobin government")
Second Coalition
opposed
Committee of Public Safety
Directory (France)
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804
appliesToJurisdiction
Battle of Fleurus (1794) ("French Revolutionary government")
Battle of Jemappes ("First French Republic")
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
associatedWith
French Republican Army of the Alps
President of the Council of Five Hundred
country
Georges Couthon
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
executedBy
Plain (La Plaine) ("First French Republic")
Third Consul ("First French Republic")
historicalRegion
National Convention ("First French Republic")
President of the Council of Five Hundred
jurisdiction
French plebiscite of 1802 ("First French Republic")
Reign of Terror
location
Murad Bey
War of the First Coalition ("First French Republic")
opponent
Consul for Life ("First French Republic")
Execution of Louis XVI
relatedTo
Armistice of Alessandria
Concordat of 1801
signatory
Duchy of Limburg
Kingdom of France
successor
Electorate of Cologne
Prince-Archbishopric of Trier
successorState
Seal of the French Republic
adoptedBy
Batavian army
alliedWith
Batavian Republic
allyOf
Presidency of John Adams
conflictWith
Battle of Rivoli ("First French Republic")
countryAtTime
Camille Desmoulins
countryOfCitizenship
Antoine Barnave
countryOfDeath
Louis XVI of France
deathCountry
Committee of Public Safety ("First French Republic")
era
French National Convention ("First French Republic")
established
Batavian Republic
establishedBy
Execution of Louis XVI ("Rise of the French First Republic")
followedBy
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804
follows
Conservatoire de Paris
foundedBy
Heptanese
governedHistoricallyBy
siege of Grave (1794)
hasParticipant
Corfu
historicalRuler
National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
influencedBy
Republicanism
inspired
French republicanism
linkedTo
Polish Legions
notableAllegiance
Irish Rebellion of 1798
participant
Armies of the French Revolution and Empire
partOf
Antoine Lavoisier
placeOfDeath
First French Empire
precededBy
Second Coalition
primaryOpponentState
Convention of 1800 ("French First Consul government")
signedByRepresentativeOf
Presidency of John Adams
treatyWith
French Republican Calendar
usedIn
Jacques-François Menou
wasInOfficeDuring

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