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266 matches to July Revolution
July Ordinances. 1830. Charles X attempts to censor press and alter electoral process causing July Revolution.
July Revolution. 1830. France. Thiers. Charles X abdicates and flees to England. Louis-Philippe ascends. Caused by July Ordinances.
Polignac, Auguste de. 1780-1847. French minister to Charles X. Disolved Chamber of Deputies, causing July Revolution 1830.
Thiers, Adolphe. 1797-1877. French. Led July Revolution. Paris wall 1841. Crushed Paris Commune 1871. First president of Third Republic 1871-3.
Armstrong, Neil. 1930-. US astronaut, first man on the moon, 22:56 EDT, July 20,1969.
Bastille. 1370. Paris fortified residence for Charles V, became a state prison, arsenal 1397. Stormed July 14, 1789. Symbolic overthrow of monarch’s power. Lettres de Cachet.
Corday, Charlotte. 1768-93. Killed Marat July 13, 1793.
Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. American colonies declare independence from British rule during War of Independence.
Festival of Federation. 14 July,1790. Celebration of first anniversary of Storming the Bastille. 300,000 people.
Hundred Days. 1815. March 20 to July 8; Napoleon’s escape from Elba to his second abdication. 1933. Began Roosevelt’s administration. New Deal enacted.
Independence Day. Annual US holiday since July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence.
July Conspiracy. Stauffenberg.
July Monarchy. Rule of Louis-Philippe.
July Offensive. Kerensky Offensive.
Swithin, St. c800-862. Rain fell when his body was moved, July 15, 971. (St. Swithin’s Day).
26th of July Movement. 1956-9. Castro rebels in Cuban Revolution. Named for date of failed attack on Santiago barracks 1953.
Adams, John. 1735-1826. Revolutionary, 2nd US president 1797-1801.
Adams, Samuel. 1722-1803. US Revolutionary: -“No taxation without representation”.
Afghanistan Invasion. 1979-87. Russian troops support Marxist revolutionaries.
Alexandra, Feodorovna. 1872-1918. Wife of Nicholas II of Russia. Controlled Gov’t during WWI. Cause of Revolution. Executed. Rasputin.
Algerian Revolutionary War. 1954-62. Plebiscite granted independence from France, 1962.
Alien and Sedition Acts. 1798-1800/02. US fear French Revolution. Forbade criticism of government. Abused by Federalists vs Republicans.
Allen, Ethan. 1738-89. Led Green Mountain Boys in American Revolution. Failed to take Montreal, 1775.
American Revolution. 1775-1783. Independence won from Britain, United States of America formed.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.