1794 ⟶ Execution of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Rise of Joséphine
July 23: Alexandre de Beauharnais is tried and executed; his...Year
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💔 Execution of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Rise of Joséphine
July 23: Alexandre de Beauharnais is tried and executed; his widow Joséphine de Beauharnais became Napoleon's mistress, and his wife in 1796.⟶

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🔪 Execution of Princess Marie Thérèse de Choiseul
July 27: Marie Thérèse de Choiseul, the princess of Monaco is executed. Her execution would be one of the last during the Reign of Terror.⟶

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💍 Napoléon Bonaparte Marries Joséphine de Beauharnais
March 9: Marriage of Napoléon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais, the widow of Alexandre de Beauharnais, a French general and political leader guillotined during the Reign of Terror.⟶

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