1795Royalist Defeat at Vannes

June 30: The royalist army of émigrés in Brittany is defeate...
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1793
1795

⚔️ 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.
Vendée Uprising Begins: Royalist and Catholic Rebellion (1793)
VendéeFrench RevolutionCivil WarCounter-RevolutionRoyalistsCatholicismConscriptionRebellionWar

⚔️ Royalist Defeat at Vannes

June 30: The royalist army of émigrés in Brittany is defeated in front of Vannes by General Hoche.
Royalist Defeat at Vannes (1795)
French RevolutionWarBrittanyRoyalistsÉmigrésGeneral HocheMilitary DefeatCounter-RevolutionVannes

⚔️ Émigré Army Lands at Quiberon

June 23: In support of the Chouans, an army of émigrés, under the command of Joseph de Puisaye, landed at Quiberon.
French RevolutionCounter-RevolutionChouansÉmigrésMilitary CampaignBrittanyRoyalistInvasionQuiberonPuisaye

⚔️ British-Backed Émigré Landing in Brittany

June 26: An army of four thousand royalist émigrés is landed by the British in the Bay of Carnac in Brittany.
British-Backed Émigré Landing in Brittany (1795)
French RevolutionCounter-RevolutionRoyalistsBritish InterventionEmigrationBrittanyMilitary CampaignNaval WarfareInternal Conflict

🚢 Royalist Émigrés Landed and Trapped at Quiberon

July 15: Two thousand more royalist émigrés are landed at Quiberon, where they also are trapped by Hoche.
QuiberonRoyalistémigrésHocheFrench RevolutionVendean RevoltMilitary CampaignCounter-RevolutionBrittany

⚔️ Royalist Army Surrenders at Quiberon, Émigrés Executed

July 21: The royalist army in Quiberon surrenders. 748 émigrés are executed by firing squad.
French RevolutionVendéeCounter-RevolutionEmigresRoyalistsQuiberonMilitary DefeatExecutionsCivil WarTerror