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| | French Revolution -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | On July 14, 1789, after four hours of combat, the insurgents seized the (A jail (literally, a French jail)) Bastille (A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment) prison, killing the governor, Marquis (additional info and facts about Bernard de Launay) Bernard de Launay and several of his guard. |
 | | After early skirmishes went badly for France, the first significant military engagement of the war occurred with the Franco-Prussian (The French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)) Battle of Valmy (September 20, 1792). |
 | | In 1794 (French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)) Robespierre had ultraradicals and moderate Jacobins executed; in consequence, however, his own popular support eroded markedly. |
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