French First Republic
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The French people proclaimed France's First Republic on 21 September 1798 as a result of the French Revolution and of the abolition of the French monarchy. This presaged a new era of republican government(s) in Europe.
Republican government officially lasted until the establishment of the First French Empire in 1804. Its leaders included Napoleon Bonaparte, who served as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, when he ended the republic by declaring himself Emperor Napoleon I.
Constitutionally, the republic subdivides into government by:
The later period of government by the National Convention is also known as the Reign of Terror.
Compare:
- French Second Republic (1848 - 1852)
- French Third Republic (1870 - 1940)
- French Fourth Republic (1946 - 1958)
- French Fifth Republic (1958 - )
