# Siege of Toulon (1793)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1793-siege-of-toulon
Location: Toulon
Categories: battle

Republican forces recaptured the naval base from royalists and their British allies; Napoleon gained prominence. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is National Convention (Collective head of the French Republic). Siege of Toulon mattered because it changed the military or territorial balance and influenced the political choices that followed. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Siege of Toulon mattered because it changed the military or territorial balance and influenced the political choices that followed.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Siege of Toulon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Siege+of+Toulon&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Siege of Toulon](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Siege+of+Toulon)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)