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The 1790s: 1790–1799
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Revolutionary France executed its king in 1793 and then its revolutionaries, with Robespierre guillotined in 1794. Haiti's enslaved population rose in 1791 and had effectively won independence by decade's end, while a young Corsican officer named Bonaparte seized power in Paris in 1799.
1793-94 showed revolution devouring its own. Andrzej Wajda's Danton stages the 1793 split between Danton and Robespierre, and Selinko's Désirée follows Napoleon's first fiancée through the same Paris. Open the 1790s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 1790s
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Browse 50 books, 10 movies and 3 games set in the 1790s (1790–1799).
Sleepy Hollow
The curse of The Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken) is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) and his new-world ways into the quagmire of…
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
A port based on Castlevania: Symphony of the Night's expanded re-release for Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles.Jump, dash and slash your way through Dracula’s vast castle as Alucard while encountering a unique array…
The Wild Child
In 1798 a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental…
The Four Swans
The sixth book in the legendary Poldark saga. Cornwall, 1795: Although Ross Poldark - now something of a war hero - seems secure in his hard-won prosperity, a new dilemma faces him in the sudden infatuation of a young…
Désirée
The stunning, massively bestselling story of Napoleon's first fiancé First published in 1953, this riveting true-life tale comes to life in diary form, giving readers an inside glimpse at the young Napoleon and his…
The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason represents the results of years of study and reflection by Thomas Paine on the place of religion in society.Paine wrote: "Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst;…
Love & Friendship
From Jane Austen’s novella the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men…
Danton
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as…
Billy Budd
Billy is an innocent naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered Billy is accused and tried.
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
In Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood, the player takes control of Richter, the ultimate Vampire Killer, guiding him through a total of nine stages filled with treacherous traps and hidden secrets. Using your legendary whip…
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