- Cathelineau, Jacques by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born Jan. 5, 1759, in Pin-en-Mauges; died July 14, 1793, in St. Florent. One of the military leaders of the Vendée insurrection during the Great French Revolution; a peasant by birth.Cathelineau took command of peasant detachments of rebelsin March 1793; under his leadership they captured the cities ofCholet and Saumur. In June 1793 he was chosen commander inchief of the Vendean Catholic and ...
- Leclerc, Théophile by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born December 1771 in Montbrison; year and place of death unknown. Active in the Great French Revolution; one of the enragés. And a member of the Cordelier Club.Leclerc participated in the revolutionary movement in Martinique (1790–91) and Lyon (early 1793) and in the popular uprising in Paris from May 31 to June 2, 1793. Beginning July 20, 1793, he demanded, in the pages of his ...
- Théophile Leclerc by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born December 1771 in Montbrison; year and place of death unknown. Active in the Great French Revolution; one of the enragés. And a member of the Cordelier Club.Leclerc participated in the revolutionary movement in Martinique (1790–91) and Lyon (early 1793) and in the popular uprising in Paris from May 31 to June 2, 1793. Beginning July 20, 1793, he demanded, in the pages of his ...
- Thornton, William by Ava Tucker
... 1759–1828) architect, physician; born in Tortola, British West Indies. After emigrating in 1786 he became a Philadelphia physician. In 1793 he won the competition to design the U.S. Capitol (1793–1827, completed by others); his architectural output was otherwise meager.
- Pluviose by Webster's
... n.) The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted in 1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See Vendemiaire.