1796 ⟶ Charette's Execution Ends Vendée Rebellion

March 23: François de Charette, last leader of the royalist ...

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⚔️ Vendée Uprising Begins: Royalist and Catholic Rebellion

March 7: War in the Vendée. Armed uprising against the rule of the convention, particularly against conscription into the army, begins in the Vendée region of west-central France.⟶

VendéeFrench RevolutionCivil WarCounter-RevolutionRoyalistsCatholicismConscriptionRebellionWar

⚔️ Vendéen Army Defeated at Savenay, Mass Executions

December 23: The Army of General François Joseph Westermann destroys the last the Vendéen army at Savenay. Six thousand prisoners are executed.⟶

French RevolutionVendéeCounter-revolutionMilitary DefeatCivil WarMassacreWestermannSavenayRepublic

⚔️ Vendée Rebellion Resumes Under Charette

June 23: The rebels of the Vendée, under Charette, resume their rebellion.⟶

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⚔️ Charette's Execution Ends Vendée Rebellion

March 23: François de Charette, last leader of the royalist rebellion in Vendée, is captured and executed by firing squad in Nantes.⟶

French RevolutionVendéeRoyalist RebellionCharetteCounter-RevolutionCivil WarMilitaryExecutionNantes

⚔️ Stofflet's Vendéan Rebellion Resumes

January 26: The royalist and rebel leader Nicolas Stofflet tries to restart the War in the Vendée.⟶

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⚔️ Vendéen Leader Stofflet Executed

February 23: The Vendéen rebel and royalist leader Nicolas Stofflet is captured and executed by firing squad in Angers the following day.⟶

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