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![Camille Desmoulins](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16664.png?v=1705482963)
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Camille Desmoulins
Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) was one of the most prominent journalists during the French Revolution (1789-1799). A fervent republican, he played an important role in the Storming of the Bastille, when he called the people to arms. Although...
![Marie-Thérèse Sophie de Monnier](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15643.jpg?v=1711969983)
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Marie-Thérèse Sophie de Monnier
Marie-Thérèse Sophie Richard de Ruffey, marquise de Monnier, lover of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, engraving by Jean-Louis Delignon, 1804.
MAS Estampes Anciennes, Paris.
![Luther's 97 Theses](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14838.jpg?v=1707871811)
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Luther's 97 Theses
Martin Luther's 95 Theses, credited with sparking the Protestant Reformation in Europe, have become a cultural touchstone since he posted them 31 October 1517, but the little-known 97 Theses, posted only a month earlier, are equally significant...
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Great Fear
The Great Fear (French: la Grande Peur) was a wave of panic that swept the French countryside in late July and early August 1789. Fearful of plots by aristocrats to undermine the budding French Revolution (1789-1799), peasants and townspeople...
![August Decrees](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15925.jpg?v=1697817609)
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August Decrees
The decrees of 4 August 1789, also known as the August Decrees, were a set of 19 articles passed by the National Constituent Assembly during the French Revolution (1789-1799) which abolished feudalism in France and ended the tax exemption...
![Jacques Necker](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15501.jpg?v=1716089771)
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Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker (l. 1732-1804) was a Swiss banker and statesman who served as finance minister to King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792). He served in the king's ministry three separate times, tasked with navigating France through its dire...
![Flight to Varennes](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16240.png?v=1717626011)
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Flight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes was a pivotal moment of the French Revolution (1789-1799), in which King Louis XVI of France (r.1774-92), his wife Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-93), and their children attempted to escape from Paris on the night of...
![Marie Antoinette](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15403.jpg?v=1716559023)
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (l. 1755-1793) was the queen of France during the turbulent final years of the Ancien Régime and the subsequent French Revolution (1789-1799). With the ascension of her husband Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792), she became...
![Château de Chambord](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12592.jpg?v=1711936026)
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Château de Chambord
The Chateau de Chambord, located in the Loire Valley of Loir-et-Cher, France, was built between 1519 and 1547 CE. This fine French Renaissance building, although impressive in both size and architectural detail, was commissioned by Francis...
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Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794) was a French lawyer who became one of the primary leaders of the French Revolution (1789-1799). From his initial rise to stardom in the Jacobin Club, Robespierre went on to dominate...