- Prairial by Webster's
... n.) The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire.
- Messidor by Webster's
... n.) The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See VendEmiaire.
- Fabre DÉglantine, Philippe by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born July 28, 1750, in Carcassonne; died Apr. 5, 1794, in Paris. Figure in the Great French Revolution; Jacobin. Provincial actor.Fabre moved to Paris in 1787. He gained fame as an author of comedies directed against the feudal regime. A member of the Cordelier Club from 1790, he took part in the uprising of Aug. 10, 1792, and was a member of the insurgent Paris Commune of 1792. In September 1792 ...
- Roland de la Platière, Jean Marie by Kelsey Frazier
1734–93, French revolutionary. An inspector general of commerce at Rouen and Amiens, he went to Paris in 1791 and published the Financier patriote. Largely through the influence of his wife, Jeanne Manon Roland de la Platière, Roland rose to power with the Girondists and became (1792) minister of the interior. King Louis XVI dismissed him in July, 1792, but he was restored to office after the ...
- Charles William Ferdinand by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
duke of Brunswick. Born Oct. 9, 1735; died Nov. 10, 1806. Duke of Brunswick from 1780 to 1806.Charles was commander in chief in 1792 of the Austro-Prussian armies advancing against revolutionary France. On July 25, 1792, he issued a manifesto to the French people in which he revealed the counterrevolutionary purposes of the intervening powers and threatened revolutionary Paris with merciless ...