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French Revolution (1789 - 1799). It is considered to have effectively ended on November 9, 1799 when a successful coup d'état places Napoléon Bonaparte in control of France.
French inventor Claude Chappe first demonstrates a practical semaphore system (1792). Use of the system will eventually expand to include the whole of France. This is considered to be the first practical telecommunications system.
World Leaders
King Louis XVI (France)
Maximilien Robespierre (France)
King George III (Great Britain)
Emperor Leopold II (Holy Roman Empire)
Emperor Francis II (Holy Roman Empire)
Emperor Kangxi (China)
Pope Pius VI
Empress Catherine II (Russia)
Emperor Paul (Russia)
President George Washington (United States)
President John Adams (United States)
Category:1790s
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