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The Youth of New MoscowTrue children of the revolution - young, smilling communists in New Moscow. Date: 1932
Portrait of Maximilien Fran篩s Marie Isidore de Robespierre. French lawyer, politician and one of the most influential people during the French Revolution
Cartoon, revolutionary Frenchwoman in ParisCartoon showing a plump revolutionary Frenchwoman kicking down the cathedrals of Paris. Date: early 20th century
Assassination of R. P. FrancoisA superior of The Eudists, author of literary works againsts the Free-Masons, R.P. Francois is brutally murdered by the revolutionary mob. Date: 1890s
Paris SeineBoats throng the river as seen before the Revolution : the Louvre and the Tuileries Palace are on the right. Date: circa 1770
English ViewAn English view of the goings- on across the Channel : The interrupted dinner-party. Date: 1848
Fighting at MontmartreGovernment cavalry attack insurgents at one of the windmills on the butte de Montmartre. Date: 27-29 July 1830
Wounded InsurgentA wounded insurgent is carried away on a makeshift stretcher, waving to encourage his comrades. Date: 27 July 1830
Rustic VolunteerA volunteer leaves home to take part in the insurrection. Date: 27-29 July 1830
Hotel De Ville TakenThe insurgents take the Hotel de Ville. Date: 28 July 1830
Pont De LA RevolutionThe insurgents bring their artillery to bear on the pont de la Revolution. Date: 29 July 1830
Palais Royal TakenThe insurgents take the Palais Royal. Date: 28 July 1830
Barriere De L etoileStreet fighting at the Barriere de l Etoile, near the present site of the Arc de Triomphe. Date: 29 July 1830
Barriere Saint-DenisInsurgents set the Barriere de Saint-Denis, symbol of the government, on fire. Date: 29 July 1830
Fighting, TuileriesInsurgents attack the royal residences of the Tuileries and Louvre, which are then sacked by the mob. Date: 29 July 1830
Fighting, Swiss BarracksStudents of the Polytechnique attack the barracks of the Swiss guards. Date: 29 July 1830
Fighting, Hotel De VilleFighting at close quarters in the place de l Hotel de Ville. Date: 28 July 1830
Barriere De PassyInsurgents occupy the barriere de Passy. Date: 28 July 1830
Fighting, Eglise St RochFighting at the eglise Saint- Roch. Date: 28 July 1830
Fighting, ChateletFighting at the place du Chatelet. Date: 28 July 1830
Fighting, Bar. St MartinThe barriere Saint-Martin is set on fire. Date: 28 July 1830
Fighting, Rue St DenisStreet fighting at a barricade in the rue Saint-Denis. Date: 28 July 1830
Fighting, InstitutStreet fighting at the place de l Institut, Paris. Date: 28 July 1830
The Royal RevenuesThe kings financial situation : on the wall is a list of his borrowings, but he continues to gamble... Date: 1789
Louis XVI Found WantingA hundred times to blame, a hundred times forgiven - Louis the Last is weighed in the balance and found wanting... Date: circa 1791
English Bastille SatireAn English satire on the Revolution, with a mock Bastile (sic) attacked by a motley assortment of revolutionaries. Date: November 1789
Napoleon & RevolutionThe youthful Napoleon sees for himself the excesses of the Revolution, and realises the necessity for re-imposing order in France. Date: circa 1789
British CommentBritish comment on the goings- on across the Channel : Liberty, Equality and the Free Rights of Man in their highest degree of perfection. Date: circa 1790
Country in DangerRecruitment for the armed forces - a street exhibit La patrie en danger ! encourages citizens to volunteer to protect France from the forces of reaction. Date: circa 1790
Fall of RobespierreRobespierre is condemned by the Convention : he will be guillotined immediately. Date: 28 July 1794
Vendee RisingCarrier suppresses the counter-revolution in the Vendee (Bretagne) with ruthless rigour : royalists beg for mercy, but in vain. Date: 1793
Vendee : BlacksmithRoyalist resistance comes from ordinary people such as the heroic Blacksmith of the Vendee, armed only with the tools of his trade. Date: 1793
Vendee : Heroic WomanRenee Bordereau, aka l Aangevin, saw her father butchered and lost 40+ relatives fighting the Revolution : usually in male dress, she is captured and imprisoned but survives. Date: circa 1793
Lamballe Murdered - 2The Princesse de Lamballe, a friend of Marie-Antoinette, is murdered by the Paris mob. Date: 3 September 1792
Prisoners Massacred53 prisoners from Orleans are massacred at Versailles by a mob from Paris, along with 20 incarcerated in the prisons of Versailles. Date: 9 September 1792
Federation Celebrated 4On the Champ de Mars, Parisians celebrate the Fete de la Federation, marking the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. Date: 14 July 1790
Favras ConspiracyThomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras, conspires to rescue the king and destroy the Revolution : betrayed by a confederate, he is hanged in the place de Greve, Paris. Date: 19 February 1790
Maillards TribunalStanislas-Marie Maillard heads a tribunal which will decide who should be guillotined as enemies of the Revolution : this leads to the Massacres de septembre. Date: September 1792
Federation Celebrated 3On the Champ de Mars, Parisians celebrate the Fete de la Federation, marking the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. Date: 14 July 1790
Women at Versailles 3The market-women of Paris march to Versailles to demand bread from the king. (And no, Marie Antoinette will NOT say let them eat cake... Date: 5 October 1789
Women at Versailles 5Louis, who has been hunting, hurries back to the chateau at Versailles where he meets with the market-women of Paris and listens to their grievances. Date: 6 October 1789
Civics at Notre-DameCivic dignitaries go to Notre- Dame, Paris, no doubt trusting that God will sort out their difficulties. Date: 16 July 1789
Camille Desmoulins 1At the Palais Royal, the usual Sunday afternoon crowd are harangued by a young lawyer who rouses them to action with an impassioned speech. Date: 12 July 1789
Gunpowder RefusedSaint-Mery, president of the Electors of Paris, refuses to let the mob seize gunpowder : after these exciting events, he will end his days as a bookseller in Philadelphia. Date: circa 14 July 1789
Delegates at VersaillesThe delegates take their oath at the National Assembly held in the salle des Menus Plaisirs du Roi at Versailles. Date: 17 June 1789
Third Estate Rained OnAt the session of the Etats- generaux, delegates of the troisieme etat have to wait outside in the rain while the clergy and nobility take their seats : they are not pleased. Date: 23 June 1789
Guards FreedGuards who had been confined in the prison of l Abbaye for indiscipline are liberated by the people. Date: 30 June 1789
Deputies to Tennis CourtThe deputies of the troisieme etat (third estate) are locked out of their meeting hall, so they adjourn to a tennis court, conveniently close at hand. Date: 20 June 1789