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  2. 13 Vendémiaire - Wikipedia

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    Scottish philosopher and historian Thomas Carlyle later famously recorded that, on this occasion, Bonaparte gave his opponent a "Whiff of Grapeshot" and that "the thing we specifically call French Revolution is blown into space by it." [2] That is, 13 Vendémiaire marks the ending of the French Revolution. (The phrase is often ascribed to ...

  3. Reconstruction era - Wikipedia

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    The bureau helped to start a change of power in the South that drew national attention from the Republicans in the North to the Democrats in the South. This is especially evident in the election between Grant and Seymour (Johnson did not get the Democratic nomination), where almost 700,000 Black voters voted and swayed the election 300,000 ...

  4. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Historians in recent decades have mostly used one of three approaches to analyze the American Revolution: [113] The Atlantic history view places North American events in a broader context, including the French Revolution and Haitian Revolution. It tends to integrate the historiographies of the American Revolution and the British Empire. [114] [115]

  5. American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    For many Europeans, such as the Marquis de Lafayette, who later were active during the era of the French Revolution, the American case along with the Dutch Revolt (end of the 16th century) and the 17th century English Civil War, was among the examples of overthrowing an old regime.

  6. Crisis of the late Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    In the autumn of 1314, heavy rains began to fall, which were the start of several years of cold and wet winters. [16] The already weak harvests of the north suffered, and a seven-year famine ensued. In the years 1315 to 1317, a catastrophic famine, known as the Great Famine, struck much of North West Europe. It was arguably the worst in ...

  7. Timeline of the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The American Revolution includes political, social, and military aspects. The revolutionary era is generally considered to have begun with the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 and ended with the ratification of the United States Bill of Rights in 1791. The military phase of the revolution, the American Revolutionary War, lasted

  8. What is Friday the 13th and why is it considered unlucky ...

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    He threw his first major Friday the 13th function in 1995 at the now-defunct Pair O' Dice in Dallas, a marathon session of tattooing the number "13" on as many people as possible in a 24-hour period.

  9. French Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.