the anticlerical and republican revolution in France from 1789 until 1799, when Napoleon seized power
French Revolution in American English
the revolution of the people against the monarchy in France: it began in 1789, resulted in the establishment of a republic, and ended in 1799 with the Consulate under Napoleon
Examples of 'French Revolution' in a sentence
French Revolution
Sometimes as I stood I thought furiously about the French Revolution, which had come to preoccupy me.
Hilary Mantel LEARNING TO TALK: SHORT STORIES (2003)
"I am a rare book collector looking for manuscripts from the French Revolution.