The storming of the Bastille was particularly gruesome. It was during this event that the act of decapitating someone and putting their head on a pike, then parading it around the town square became popular.
The guillotine was invented shortly thereafter, and was used frequently in the days and months after the Bastille had been stormed.
The entire revolution was pretty bloody, really.
If you mean in the whole of the world it's Hidalgo's Rebellion in Mexico in 1810. In Europe it was the Liberal Revolution in 1820 in Spain and shortly after in 1821 was the Greek War of Independence.
the french revolution was a rebellion of the french against their king. it was a bloody and violent batttle/rebellion
The French revolution was a bloody affair and resulted in the death of most of the French nobility.
No. The revolution had already begun with the storming of the Bastille at 14 July 1789 and the Tennis Court Oath that same year. Louis' death did mark the beginning of "the Terror", an extremely bloody and murderous period during the French revolution.
The enlightenment period of independent thinking and the American Revolution inspired the French Revolution to begin and the editing/creating of the French constitution.
If you mean in the whole of the world it's Hidalgo's Rebellion in Mexico in 1810. In Europe it was the Liberal Revolution in 1820 in Spain and shortly after in 1821 was the Greek War of Independence.
the french revolution was a rebellion of the french against their king. it was a bloody and violent batttle/rebellion
The French revolution was a bloody affair and resulted in the death of most of the French nobility.
Absolutely bloody and violent. As said by Schama, violence was the motor that kept the revolution going.
No. The revolution had already begun with the storming of the Bastille at 14 July 1789 and the Tennis Court Oath that same year. Louis' death did mark the beginning of "the Terror", an extremely bloody and murderous period during the French revolution.
The French Revolution entered the period of the Terror in 1793-1794. This was a very bloody year seeing to the death of over 40,000 people.
The French revolution was extraordinarily bloody and characterised by daily cartloads of French aristocrats being taken to the guillotine for public beheading. Madam la Guillotine became a notorious spectacle of the revolution.
The Napoleonic Era.
French Revolution
The enlightenment period of independent thinking and the American Revolution inspired the French Revolution to begin and the editing/creating of the French constitution.
The French Revolution, The American Revolution, and The Industrial Revolution.
The French Revolution