French Revolution (disambiguation)

The French Revolution was a period of social radial and political society in France from 1789 to 1799, including the creation of a constitutional monarchy, the Reign of Terror, execution of Louis XVI and the proclamation of the French First Republic.

French Revolution or La Révolution Française may also refer to:

Events in France

France has seen a number of revolutions that can be classified into three groups:

• Four French revolutions that brought a change in political regime:
  • The first French revolution, also called "Great Revolution" or simply "French Revolution", refers to a period of bourgeois revolution history that replaces the absolutism of the Old Regime and, after the constitutional monarchy, establishes the First Republic. This period usually ranges from the opening of the Estates General on May 5, 1789, to the Coup d'état of Bonaparte on Brumaire 18, Year VIII (November 9, 1799);
  • The second French revolution, also called "July Revolution", refers to the three revolutionary days of July 27, 28 and 29 of 1830, nicknamed "The Three Glorious"; they replaced the Second Restoration by the July Monarchy, during which the king Charles X would be overthrown and replaced with his cousin Louis Philippe;
  • The third French revolution, also called "February revolution", refers to the four revolutionary days from February 22 to February 25, 1848, during which would be put an end to the July Monarchy and would be proclaimed the Second Republic;
  • The fourth French Revolution refers to the events of September 4, 1870, day on which both the populations of Paris and Lyon, faced with a hesitant Parliament (Corps Législatif), replaced the Second Empire with the Third Republic.

• Other events, referred to as revolutions or revolutionary days, that caused a popular uprising among the French:
  • The "parliamentary revolution" of 1787, supported by the Parisian riots and prelude to the Convocation of the Estates General of 1789;
  • The second revolution, prelude to the proclamation of the First Republic;
  • The unsuccessful June Revolution, from the 22 of June 1848 to the 26, as a response to the closure of the National Workshops;
  • The unsuccessful Paris Commune, the last of the great revolutionary events of the French nineteenth century, which began with the uprising of March 18, 1871, followed or preceded by insurrectionary communes, such as those of Lyon, Marseille, Saint-Étienne, Narbonne, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Algiers and Montereau, and ended in Paris on May 8, 1871.
• Other revolutionary days that marked a popular Parisian insurrection:
  • The days of October 5 and 6, 1789, which led to the definitive return of the king and his family to Paris;
  • The unsuccessful demonstration of June 20, 1792, during which the Parisian population invaded the Tuileries Palace;
  • The insurrection of May 31 and June 2, 1793, which caused the fall of the Girondists, under the pressure of the people of Paris;
  • The unsuccessful revolt of Prairial 1, Year III (May 20, 1795), whose failure put an end to the project of restoration of a revolution government dominated by the Montagnards;
  • The unsuccessful June Rebellion, during which the republicans failed to overthrow the July Monarchy;
  • The unsuccessful protest of June 13, 1849, the last revolutionary day of the Second Republic;
  • The unsuccessful uprising of October 31, 1870, which was protesting against capitulation projects of the Government of National Defense;
  • The unsuccessful uprising of January 22, 1871, which was aiming to prevent the Government of National Defense from deciding the Paris capitulation to Prussia;
  • The events of May 68 are sometimes referred to as a missed revolution.

Arts

• The French Revolution: A History, an 1837 book by Thomas Carlyle
• The French Revolution (poem), a 1791 poem by William Blake
• The French Revolution (novel), a 2009 novel by Matt Stewart
• La Révolution Française, a 1973 French rock opera
• La Révolution française (film), a two-part 1989 film
• Révolution, a series of comics about the events of the French Revolution

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with French Revolution
• All pages with titles beginning with The French Revolution
• All pages with titles containing French Revolution
• All pages with titles containing Révolution Française
• French Revolutionary Wars 1792–1802, resulting from the French Revolution
• Révolution nationale, the ideological program of the Vichy regime in World War II
• May 68, a period of civil unrest in France
• Yellow vests movement, protests in France from 2018