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== Events ==
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* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: After being found guilty of treason by the French [[National Convention]], ''Citizen Capet'', [[Louis XVI of France]], is [[guillotine]]d in Paris.<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/349122/Louis-XVI</ref>
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* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Second Partition of Poland]]: The [[Russian Empire]] and the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] [[Partition (politics)|partition]] the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
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* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[French First Republic]] declares war on [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], the [[Dutch Republic]] and (on March 7) [[Spain]]. During the year, the [[War of the First Coalition]] is joined by [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]], the [[Holy Roman Empire]], [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]] and [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany|Tuscany]] in opposition to France.
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* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] holds the first [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] meeting as President of the United States.
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* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[Committee of Public Safety]] is established in France, with [[Georges Danton]] as its head.
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* [[April 22]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] signs the [[Neutrality Proclamation]].
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* [[June]] &ndash; The [[Macartney Embassy]], a British diplomatic mission to China led by [[George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney]], reaches [[Guangzhou|Canton]], but will be rebuffed by the [[Qianlong Emperor]].
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* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: The [[Girondins]] are overthrown in France.
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* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Charlotte Corday]] kills [[Jean-Paul Marat]] in his bath.
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* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Charlotte Corday]] is executed.
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** The former royal palace the [[Louvre]] in Paris opens to the public as an art museum.
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* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: The following universal [[conscription]] decree is enacted in France: "The young men shall go to battle and the married men shall forge arms. The women shall make tents and clothes and shall serve in the hospitals; children shall tear rags into lint. The old men will be guided to the public places of the cities to kindle the courage of the young warriors and to preach the unity of the Republic and the hatred of kings."
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* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: The [[National Convention]] begins the 10-month [[Reign of Terror]].
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* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Marie Antoinette]], the widowed [[queen consort]] of [[Louis XVI of France]], is [[guillotine]]d in the [[Place de la Révolution]] in Paris at the conclusion of a 2-day trial before the [[Revolutionary Tribunal]].
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* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]:The [[French Republican Calendar]] is adopted by the [[National Convention]].
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* [[November 10]] &ndash; The [[dechristianization of France during the French Revolution]] reaches a climax with the celebration of the ''Goddess of Reason'' in the cathedral of [[Notre Dame de Paris]].
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*[[November 12]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Jean Sylvain Bailly]], the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.
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* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Madame du Barry]] is guillotined.
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* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[War in the Vendée]]: [[Battle of Savenay]] &ndash; A Republican force decisively defeats the counterrevolutionary [[Catholic and Royal Army]], ending the [[Virée de Galerne]].
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* [[Eli Whitney]] invents a cotton gin. This causes a resurgence of slavery in the South.
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* [[Dominique Jean Larrey]], chief surgeon of the [[French Revolutionary Army]], creates the first battlefield "flying [[ambulance]]" service.
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Execution of Louis XVI
A dramatic year in the French Revolution and the reaction formed against it.

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EventStartEndDescription
French Revolution5 May 17899 November 1799Often cited event in world history that has an even more brutal side to it than is usually discussed.
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