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LOUIS / XVI / CONSTITUTIONLouis XVI accepts the Constitution. Date: 14 September 1791
France in 1848 - satirical cartoon. Date: 1848
FRE REV / LOU XVI SATIRELouis XVI satirised as a traitor within a lantern, blocking out the sun. Date: 8 August 1792
FRANCE / REVOLUTION / SATIREA satire on the privileged classes. Date: 1789
Caricature of French RoyalsA caricature of the French Royal Family as Rare Animals being herded into exile by a revolutionary shepherd. Date: 18th Century
Quatorze JuilletParisians and Parisiennes dance in the streets to celebrate the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution Date: 14 July 1921
FR. REV. / GRAPESHOT / 5 OCTNapoleons Whiff of Grapeshot - defeat of the Sections Date: 5 October 1795
END OF VENDEE WARSAfter making two treaties with the Vendeans, Hoche signs one with the Bretons, thus officially bringing to an end the Vendean insurrection Date: 20 April 1795
VENDEANS AT NANTESAfter successfully taking Saumur and Angers, the Vendeans are defeated at Nantes Date: 29 June 1793
REVOLUTIONARY FESTIVALParisians celebrate the Foundation of the Republic with a chariot race in the Champ de Mars Date: 22 September 1796
French EmigresUne soiree de Coblentz - French emigres flee France, and take refuge in Coblentz just across the German border, where they wait for the Revolution to blow over.. Date: circa 1805
PLUNDERING HOMESThe homes of aristocrats at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, on the outskirts of Paris, are attacked and plundered by revolutionary crowds Date: 13 November 1790
FLIGHT OF EMIGRESAlarmed by attacks on their property and themselves, nobles emigrate, generally to Germany and Switzerland Date: circa 1790 - 1791
MARSEILLAISE / SCULPTURELa Marseillaise or Depart des Volontaires en 1792 relief sculpture by Francois Rude, completed 1833-35, on Arc de Triomphe
SALLE DES JACOBINSThe closing of the Salle des Jacobins - an event which to some extent marked the end of the Terror Date: 27/28 July 1794
GARDES FRANCAISES FREEDThose Gardes Francaises who refuse to fire on the crowd are arrested and imprisoned in the Abbaye St Germain: they are rescued by a mob of ten thousand Date: 30 June 1789
FLIGHT TO VARENNESLouis XVI tries to leave France with his family, but they are detected at an inn at Varennes, and brought ignominiously back to Paris Date: 22 June 1791
FRENCH ROYALS IN PRISONLouis Capet and his family, no longer treated as royals, dine in the Temple prison : their gaoler announces that it is 3pm and hiswife and sister and niece must leave his cell Date: August 1792
MARTYRS HONOUREDPOMPE FUNEBRE Martyrs of the Revolution (victims of the attack on the Tuileries) are honoured in the Jardin des Tuileries, now named the Jardin National Date: 26 August 1792
STATES-GENERAL OPENEDThe opening of the Etata- Generaux (States-General) at Versailles Date: 5 May 1789
THE COUNTRY IN DANGERLA PATRIE EN DANGER ! The official declaration that France is in danger is proclaimed on the Pont Neuf, Paris : marching troops rouse the citizens to action ! Date: 22 July 1792
BASTILLE CELEBRATEDOn the third anniversary of the attack on the Bastille, patriotic celebrations express the jubilation of the revolutionaries Date: 14 July 1792
CITIZENS IN TUILERIESAn crowd of 6000 angry citizens force their way into the Tuileries Palace, confront the king and demand that he withdraw his veto on the proposed reforms Date: 20 June 1792
BELA KUN organises a communist revolution in Hungary - the Germans depict him rising to power on a heap of corpses Date: 1919
REVOLUTION SATIRE 1794French Revolutionary satire : Les Animaux Rares. Date: circa 1794
DANCE AT BASTILLE 1789A ball held on the site of the Bastille. Date: 14 July 1789
Mary of Modena FleesMary of Modena, queen of James II, flees to France clutching her new-born son James (subsequently the Old Pretender). Date: 1688
King William III lands TorbayWilliam III lands in England at Torbay. Date: 1688
Garde Nationale leaving Paris to join the armyThe Garde Nationale leaving Paris to join the army in Revolutionary War. Date: September 1792
Opening of the StatesThe Opening of the States, Versailles during the French Revolution Date: 5 May 1789
Attack on the Tuileries Palace in Paris during the French Revolution Date: 10 August 1792
Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, FranceNapoleon at the Siege of Toulon -- this was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion during the French Revolution. Date: September 1793
The Prisoner of the Bastille, from Lyceum Theatre, LondonThe Prisoner of the Bastille, a play on tour from the Lyceum Theatre, London, based on Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. early 20th century
Stanley Mill, GloucstershireStanley Mill, Stonehouse, Ryeford, Stroud Valley, Gloucstershire. The chimney smokes. In the foreground is a rookery Date: 1989
China, Missionary Eugenio Massi - Converted RevolutionariesA fascinating card, in three sections - first (top left), a portrait of the leader of the 10, 000 revolutionaries who infested the central Chen-Si region
A diamond tiara belonging to the Romanov dynastyDiamond tiara, once belonging to the Empress Marie Fedorovna. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie Manson and Woods auction house in 1927. 1927
Loyal Islington Volunteer Cavalry.Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c).From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs
Illegal Printing Press - Revolution of 1905 - RussiaThe Revolution of 1905 in Russia - Illegal Printing Press in operation - The lookout issues a warning that the Tsarist Police are approaching
Map of the French Department of Deux-Sevres - No. 79Map of the French Department of Deux-Sevres - No.79, featuring inset illustrations of Niort Castle and Town Hall, the Chateau de la Guyonnierre and a portrait of Henri du Vergier
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Death maskNapoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). French military and political leader and Emperor of the French from 1804-1814. Death mask
Arrest of King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family at VarenFrench Revolution (1789-1799). Arrest of King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family at Varennes, June 21, 1791. Engraving by A. Closs. Our Century, 1883. Colored
Ring Spinning. Manufacturing process of cotton yarn. 19th ceTextile Industry. 19th century. Ring Spinning. Manufacturing process of cotton yarn. Women working in the roving. Colored engraving
Portrait of Saint-Just, by Jean-Baptiste GreuzePortrait of Louis Antoine Saint-Just (1767-1794), military and political leader during the French Revolution, painted by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) Date: undated
Pancho VillaFrancisco Villa, known as Pancho Villa, Mexican bandit and revolutionary leader, with some of his supporters. 1914
Arabian flat astrolabe from 10th century. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galileo Museum. Proc: SPAIN
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 15 September 1859) - English mechanical and civil engineer. Designer and builder of dockyards, the Great Western Railway
James Watt (1736 - 1819), Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer
Spirit of 76, (Yankee Doodle)Patriotic American postcard commemorating the American Revolution. Spirit of 76, (Yankee Doodle)