# 13 Vendémiaire uprising suppressed (1795)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1795-13-vendemiaire-uprising-suppressed
Location: Paris

Napoleon Bonaparte helped defeat a royalist insurrection against the Convention. 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). 13 Vendémiaire uprising suppressed mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority. 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
13 Vendémiaire uprising suppressed mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority.

Ruler at the time: [French Directory](https://history-france.com/rulers/french-directory)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — 13 Vendémiaire uprising suppressed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=13+Vend%C3%A9miaire+uprising+suppressed&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — 13 Vendémiaire uprising suppressed](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=13+Vend%C3%A9miaire+uprising+suppressed)
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