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During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic...

Timeline of Events

1792

9.21.1792

The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.

12.11.1792

French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

1793

6.2.1793

Jean-Paul Marat recites the names of 29 people to the French National Convention. Almost all of these people are guillotined, followed by 17,000 more over the course of the next year during the Reign of Terror.

8.23.1793

French Revolution: a levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.

1795

10.3.1795

General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.

10.4.1795

Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).

11.2.1795

The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.