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French′ Revolu′tion, [Fr. Hist.]
- World Historythe revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
'French Revolution' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bastille
- Burke
- Chénier
- Cloots
- Commune
- Cordelier
- David
- Desmoulins
- Fox
- France
- Hébert
- Jacobin
- Lafayette
- Marat
- Marie Antoinette
- Maurist
- Nantes
- Orléans
- Paris
- Phrygian cap
- Pius VI
- Reign of Terror
- Revolutionary
- Rousseau
- September Massacre
- States-General
- bonnet rouge
- carmagnole
- decapitate
- du Barry
- echo
- guillotine
- liberté, égalité, fraternité
- muscadin
- sans-culotte
- sansculotte
- tricolor
- tumbrel
- victorine