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1794
? 1794		Mainz re-captured by the French.
? 1794		French drive allies from Savoy, and hold off Spanish in Pyrenees.
1794		Popular uprising in Poland led by Kosciuszko, suppressed by Prussian and Russian troops
4 Jan 1794		Napoleon writes report asking to repair the fortress at Marseille.
6 Jan 1794		Jourdan removed from command of Army of North and retired to Limoges
22 Feb 1794		J. P. Du Teil dies in Lyon
Mar 1794		Alexandre de Beauharnais arrested
Mar 1794		Hoche arrested. Pichegru made commander of Army of North.
10 Mar 1794		Jourdan appointed commander of the Army of the Moselle
24 Mar 1794		Execution of Hébertists
Apr 1794		Josephine arrested
Apr 1794		Pichegru and Jourdan invade Belgium.
2 Apr 1794		Danton's trial begins
5 Apr 1794		L. S. C. B. Desmoulins dies in Paris
5 Apr 1794		G. J. Danton dies in Paris
24 Apr 1794		Anglo-Austrians under Ott defeat French at Villers-en-Cauchies
30 Apr 1794		French offensive against Spanish begins with the crossing of the Tech.
6 May 1794		Saint-Laurent falls to the Army of Pyrenees. Dugommier moves towards coast.
8 May 1794		A. L. Lavoisier dies in Paris
18 May 1794		Austro-British-Hanoverians under Saxe-Coburg defeated by French under Souham (temporarily commanding Pichegru's Army of North) at Tourcoing.
23 May 1794		Inconclusive battle at Tournai between French and Austrians.
29 May 1794		Collioure falls to French. Spanish incursion into French territory is at an end.
8 Jun 1794		Festival of the Supreme Being
10 Jun 1794		Law of 22 prairal
12 Jun 1794		Jourdan invests Charleroi.
17 Jun 1794		French victory at Hooglede.
25 Jun 1794		Charleroi falls to the French.
26 Jun 1794		Jourdan defeats allies under Saxe-Coburg at Battle of Fleurus
2 Jul 1794		Jourdan appointed commander of Army of Sambre and Meuse (formed by incorporating his Army of Moselle with Army of North).
10 Jul 1794		Brussels captured by the French.
23 Jul 1794		A. F. M. de Beauharnais dies in Paris
26 Jul 1794		Robespierre makes his last speech in the Convention, calling for a purge of his enemies
27 Jul 1794		Journée of 9 thermidor. Arrest of Robespierrists. Abolition of Paris Commune by Convention. Liège and Antwerp captured by Jourdan and Pichegru.
28 Jul 1794		M. F. M. I. de Robespierre dies in Paris
28 Jul 1794		Execution of Robespierre and his followers. Repeal of the law of 22 prairal.
30-31 Jul 1794		Committee of Public Safety reorganised
Aug-Sep? 1794		Formation of the Army of the Rhine and Moselle under Moreau.
6 Aug 1794		Josephine released from prison
10 Aug 1794		Corsica taken by British.
10 Aug 1794		Napoleon placed under house arrest in Nice
10 Aug 1794		Reorganisation of Revolutionary Tribunal.
13 Aug 1794		Augereau defeats the Spanish at San Lorenzo de la Muga.
17 Aug 1794		Moncey appointed commander of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees.
20 Aug 1794		Napoleon provisionally released from house-arrest
Sep-Oct 1794		Moreau advanced into the Rhineland. Despite a setback at Kaiserslautern, by October he had made the allies cross the Upper Rhine and had invested Mainz.
12 Nov 1794		Closure of Jacobin Club
17-20 Nov 1794		Augereau makes decisive attack on the fortified lines at Figueras. Dugommier is killed while watching the attack from Montagne Noire.
17 Nov 1794		Pérignon becomes commander of the Army of the Pyrenees after the death of Dugommier.
27 Nov 1794		Pérignon takes Figueras and invests Rosas.
29 Nov 1794		Battle at Mainz.
Dec? 1794		Minor French successes in the south. Allies driven completely out of Savoy. French advance to Savona.

Note: These chronologies were prepared while the author was researching Napoleon's 1796-7 campaign in Italy, and they naturally refer largely to people who were involved in that campaign, or had a hand in shaping the military history of the period leading up to it. They were never intended to be complete or exhaustive, and they have been posted here merely in case the information contained in them should be of interest to others. However, when time permits, the author hopes to add further material. The chronologies were compiled from standard reference works, but while the usual efforts were made to ensure accuracy, there may be errors. As always, it is advisable to cross-check. The major source works were: Balteau, J., and others, eds. Dictionnaire de biographie française. Paris, 1933- Berthelot, P.-E.-M., and others, eds. La grande encyclopédie. Paris, 1887-1902 Biographie nationale de Belgique. Brussels, 1866-1986 Der Grosse Brockhaus. Leipzig, 1928 Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford (various editions) Ferrabino, A., and others, eds. Dizionario biografico degli Italiani. Rome, 1960- Hassall, A., European History, Chronologically Arranged (476-1920). London, 1920 Hoefer, D., ed. Nouvelle biographie universelle/générale. Paris, 1852-66 Liliencron, R., von, and Wegele, F. X., eds. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Leipzig, 1875-1912 Michaud, ed. Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne. Paris, 1843-? The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago, c1997 The Pengiun Atlas of World History. London, 1794 Treccani, G., ed. Enciclopedia italiana. Milan, 1929-37 Wurzbach, C., von. Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vienna, 1856-91
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