Vendémiaire

insurrection of 13 VendémiaireEngraving depicting Napoleon commanding French Revolutionary troops against a Royalist insurrection in Paris on 13 Vendémiaire year IV (October 5, 1795).

Vendémiaire, first month in the French republican calendar. It also was the name given to the event of 13 Vendémiaire of the year IV (October 5, 1795), when Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte led the French Revolutionary troops that stopped an insurrection of Parisians as they marched against the government.

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Article Title: Vendémiaire
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Date Published: 10 November 2023
Access Date: April 20, 2025