The War in the Vendee was a counter-revolutionary uprising in western France against the Republic that emerged from the French Revolution. It began in the spring of 1793 in response to the conscription of 300,000 men and was fuelled by resentment over the treatment of the Catholic Church and its priests. Peasants and local nobles formed the Catholic and Royal Army, which won some early victories before being defeated in late 1793. The Republic then used columns of troops to suppress the region with great brutality. Historians still debate how many people died, and whether the repression amounted to genocide.
Before and after
- 1793Cotton gin
- 1793Founding of Krasnodar
- 21 January 1793Death of Louis XVI of France
- 17 February 1793Earthquake in Sanriku,Rikuzen,Rikuchu, Japan
- from 3 March 1793 to 16 July 1796War in the Vendée
- from 7 March 1793 to 22 July 1795War of the Pyrenees
- 10 August 1793Construction of Louvre Museum
- from 29 August 1793 to 19 December 1793Siege of Toulon
- from 2 September 1793 to 28 July 1794Reign of Terror
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