French Revolution

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That’s what the fashion historian James Laver named the period during and immediately following the French Revolution, which made wearing aristocratic fripperies both dangerous and passé.

From The Wall Street Journal

Compulsory military training for young men had been part of national life since the French Revolution, which created the idea of the citizen-soldier.

From BBC

Nothing was more frustrating to them on the eve of the French Revolution than the realization that the majority of Frenchmen didn’t speak French.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their reign finished badly: In the French Revolution, King Louis XVI ended up on the guillotine.

From Seattle Times

Past slogans include “To the 49.3, we answer 1789,” a reference to Article 49.3 of the French Constitution, which the government has used to pass laws without a vote, and to the French Revolution.

From New York Times