Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.

13 Vendémiaire

1795 battle between French Revolutionary troops and Royalists

13 Vendémiaire, Year 4 in the French Republican Calendar, was a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. This battle was part of the establishing of a new form of government, the Directory, and it was a major factor in the rapid…