Category Archives: French History

Hundred Days

Napoleon’s empire ended with the Battle of Leipzig in October 16-19, 1813. He retreated to France where he was finally defeated by the Coalition and abdicated soon after on April 6, 1814. He was exiled to the Island of Elbe where he was to remain for the rest of his life. However, he escaped his …

August 9, 2011 – 7:24 pm | By Brad P. Severance | Posted in French History, History | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Committee for Public Safety

During the French Revolution, The committee for Public Safety was established on June 10th, 1793.  It’s leader was the infamous Maximilien Robespierre (quite possibly the first terrorist). The committee became the dictatorial body of France and it was ruthless in destroying all opponents to its power (which resulted in many beheadings of, most notably, the …

April 20, 2011 – 9:11 pm | By Brad P. Severance | Posted in French History, French Revolution, History | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

The Battle of Valmy

One of the interesting factors of the French Revolution was the response of the other Kings of Europe.  These Kings decided that they didn’t like all this “the government is the people” business, so they decided that they would restore King Louis XVI to power. (see the Brunswick Manifesto) This led to the Battle of …

March 21, 2011 – 12:02 pm | By Brad P. Severance | Posted in French History, French Revolution, History | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)