French First Republic

The **French First Republic** was formed on 22 September 1792, by the newly made National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I. This time is characterized by the fall of the monarchy, the making of the National Convention and the infamous Reign of Terror, the founding of the Directory and the Thermidorian Reaction, and finally, the making of the Consulate and Napoleon's rise to power.

## Infobox (former country)

- **native name**: _République française_
- **conventional long name**: French Republic
- **common name**: France, Republic 1
- **year start**: 1792
- **year end**: 1804
- **era**: French Revolutionary Wars
- **event pre**: Storming of the Bastille and French Revolution
- **date pre**: 14 July 1789
- **event start**: The Legislative Assembly and the fall of the French monarchy, Overthrow of Louis XVI of France, Louis XVI
- **date start**: 21 September
- **event1**: Committee of Public Safety and Reign of Terror
- **date event1**: 5 September 1793 to
28 July 1794
- **event2**: Abolitionism#First abolition of slavery (1794), (First) Abolition of slavery
- **date event2**: 4 February 1794
- **event3**: Thermidorean Reaction
- **date event3**: 24 July 1794
- **event4**: Coup of 18 Brumaire
- **date event4**: 9 November 1799
- **event end**: Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French, emperor by the Sénat conservateur, Senate
- **date end**: 18 May
- **p1**: Kingdom of France
- **p2**: Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
- **p3**: Austrian Netherlands
- **s1**: First French Empire
- **flag p1**: Royal Standard of the King of France.svg
- **s2**: Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
- **flag**: Flag of France
- **image flag**: Flag of France (1790-1794).svg
- **flag caption**: Top: Flag
(1790-1794)
Bottom: Flag
(from 1794)
- **image flag2**: Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg
- **image coat**: Coat of Arms of the First French Republic.svg
- **symbol**: Emblem of France
- **symbol type**: Coat of arms
- **image map**: French First Republic 1799.svg
- **map caption**: The French First Republic in 1799
- **image map2**: France Departement 1801.svg
- **image map caption**: The French Republic in 1801
- **map caption2**: French departments in 1801
- **capital**: Paris
- **national motto**: _Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité ou la Mort_
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity or Death
- **national anthem**: "La Marseillaise"
(1795-1799)
- **currency**: French livre, livre (to 1794), French franc#French Revolution, franc, assignat
- **government type**: 1792–1795 Authoritarian Directorial system, directorial republic
1795–1799 Oligarchical Directorial system, directorial republic
1799–1804 autocratic republic
- **title leader**: List of Presidents of the National Convention, President of the National Convention
- **leader1**: Philippe Rühl
- **year leader1**: 1792
- **leader2**: Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu
- **year leader2**: 1795
- **title representative**: president of the directory, President of the Directory
- **representative1**: By rotation: 3 months duration
- **year representative1**: 1795–1799
- **title deputy**: List of Presidents of France, First Consul
- **deputy1**: Napoleon, Napoléon Bonaparte
- **year deputy1**: 1799–1804
- **legislature**: Parliament of France, Parliament
- **house1**: Council of Ancients
- **demonym**: French