The Marquis de Lafayette (Sept 6, 1757 – May 29, 1834) was a French aristocrat, military officer, politician and liberal ...

On July 11 Louis XVI ordered the army to disband it ... one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded ...

Pierre Beaumarchais was one of the foremost French agents in this ... able to break the British army at Saratoga in 1777, which turned the tide of the Revolutionary War. All the while ...

History reenactor Michael Halbert brought Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette to life as part of a 24-state tour that ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all ... sought to restore slavery to the West Indies through political guile and military force. Toussaint was captured and exiled, but the ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his ... One of the carvings may even depict French emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte being hanged ...

The revolution sent shockwaves across the monarchies ... have enough support to stage a rebellion with the French army lined up to help them out. MAX: As with so many good ideas that resort ...