French First Republic
In the history of France, the First Republic (French: Première République), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (French: République française), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First Empire on 18 May 1804 under Napoléon Bonaparte, although the form of government changed several times.
French RepublicRépublique française (French)
- Constitutional Church
(until 15 July 1801) - Cult of Reason
(October 1793 – March 1794) - Cult of the Supreme Being
(7 May 1794 – 28 July 1794) - Decadary Cult
(4 August 1798 – 9 November 1799) - Catholicism, Calvinism, Lutheranism, and Judaism
(15 July 1801 – 18 May 1804)
- 1792–1795: Unitary radical authoritarian revolutionary republic
- 1795–1799: Unitary directorial oligarchical republic
- 1799–1804: Unitary Bonapartist autocratic republic under a military dictatorship
Consulate
Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul
21 September 1792
10 March 1793 – 27 July 1794
27 July 1794
6 September 1795
4 September 1797
18 June 1799
9 November 1799
24 December 1799
27 March 1802
18 May 1803
18 May 1804
This period was characterised by the downfall and abolition of the French monarchy,[1] the establishment of the National Convention and the Reign of Terror, the Thermidorian Reaction and the founding of the Directory, and, finally, the creation of the Consulate and Napoleon's rise to power.