Researchers have developed a new type of nanoparticle that can be delivered orally and absorbed through the digestive tract, allowing patients to simply take a pill instead of receiving...
New Delhi: Describing ace Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as “the greatest of all times”, British Prime Minister David Cameron today wished him good luck for his ongoing 200th Test matc...
The winter of 1795-96 was the worst of the winters since the beginning of the revolution. But the Directory was pushing ahead with one of the benefits of the revolution: an advance in science and edu...
The execution of Robespierre and his twenty-one associates was followed by the harsh winter of 1794-95. The war had damaged the nation’s economy, and the economy remained depressed. Trade throu...
By the end of 1793 the revolts outside Paris were largely crushed, with a lot of bloodshed. In the city of Lyon, 1,800 were sentenced to death. In Marseille and Bordeaux, hundreds were executed. The ...
In accordance with the constitution, the National Assembly disbanded itself. Power passed to a newly elected Legislative Assembly (parliament), 745 deputies strong — mostly youthful lawyers of ...
French Revolution: The National Assembly, Religion and a Constitutional Monarchy (1790-91) In Paris, the National Assembly continued to struggle to create a constitution, and it tried to create econo...
French Revolution: Mass Opinion against Marie Antoinette (1789) Marie-Antoinette, Daughter of Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, at age twelve at the time of her mar...
Political Reform The Estates General convened as scheduled, in May, 1789, at Versailles (pronounced ver-sEYE, as in the word eye), where the king and his court were established – twelve miles f...
The French Revolution – Part-I The French Revolution (1789–99) was a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France ...