The French Revolution: The First Feminist (TRIH ep 545, part 2)
1791 · Resource
This episode examines the symbolic emergence of Marianne alongside key political developments in 1792 France. The hosts discuss how the national anthem (La Marseillaise) and the female allegory of Liberty arise as the National Convention convenes (20 September 1792) and votes to abolish the monarchy (21 September 1792).
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1791
- Seven Years' War (1756)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- American Revolution (1765)
- Greek War of Independence (1821)
- Haitian Revolution (1791)
- Jacobite rising of 1745 (1745)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
- Opium Wars (1839)