French First Republic

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[Première] république française
[First] French Republic
←
1792 – 1804 →
Flag Coat of arms
Flag Emblem of the Napoleonic Consulate
Motto
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort!
(Liberty, equality, brotherhood, or death!)
Anthem
La Marseillaise (unofficial)
Capital Paris
Language(s) French
Government Republic
 
 - 1792–95 National Convention
(rule by legislature)
 - 1795–99 Directory
 - 1799–1804 Consulate, First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte
Legislature National Convention
French Directory
French Consulate
History
 - Storming of the Bastille
    and French Revolution		  
14 July 1789
 - Overthrow of Louis XVI 21 September 1792
 - Committee of Public Safety
    and Reign of Terror		 5 September 1793 to
28 July 1794
 - Thermidorian Reaction 24 July 1794
 - Coup of 18 Brumaire 9 November 1799
 - Crowning of Napoleon 18 May 1804
Currency French Franc

The First Republic in France, officially the French Republic (French: République française) was proclaimed on 21 September 1792, during the French Revolution. On that day Louis XVI was formally deposed, ending the French monarchy. This presaged a new era of republican government in Europe.

The Republic officially lasted until the establishment of the First French Empire in 1804. Its leaders included Napoleon Bonaparte, who served as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, when he ended the republic by declaring himself Emperor Napoleon I.

Constitutionally, the republic subdivided into government by:

The period of government led by the National Convention, led by Maximilien Robespierre, is also known as the Reign of Terror.

Governments of
France series
Gaul
Franks
Valois Dynasty
Bourbon Dynasty
First Republic
First Empire
Bourbon Restoration
House of Orléans
Second Republic
Second Empire
Third Republic
Vichy France
Fourth Republic
Fifth Republic


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