French Revolution - Day by Day

Swipe your way, day by day, through the Révolution Française.

Follow the twists and turns of the French Revolution. Swipe your way through the daily events, scroll through the timeline of major milestones, and click through the biographies of more than forty key protagonists.

All the major events - from the Tennis Court Oath, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Day of Daggers, the execution of Louis Capet, the revolts in the Vendee, the murder of Marat, the Levée en masse and the twists and turns of The Terror, the Law of Suspects, and the guillotining of the Jacobins, all the way to the Napoleon Bonaparte-backed defence of the Directory.

Journey, also, along the byways and less traversed back roads of the Childers Incident, the Réveillon riots, the Parthenopean Republic of Naples, the Cordeliers Club, dates of the French Republican Calendar, battles of the Army of the West Pyrenees, the Irish Rebellions...

The people profiled range from Talleyrand, Desmoulins, Napoleon, Hebert, Lafayette, Necker, Saint-Just, Brissot and the Robespierre brothers. Know your Moreau from your Marat from your Murat! Your Calonne from your Carnot from your Carrier!

Sort out the Girondins from the Dantonists and the Jacobins from the Hébertists.

Distinguish the Coup d'état of 30 Prairial Year VII from the Coup d'état of 18 Fructidor from the Coup d'état of 18 Brumaire...

Learn how Napoleon Bonaparthe came to power.

Also, with a responsive design, it is both smartphone and tablet friendly.

Features include:

* Entries for every day of the year

* Timeline of major events

* Character profiles of interesting and main protagonists

* Responsive design Phone and Tablet friendly

The app is free and requires no permissions to run on your smartphone or tablet.

Icon Image: The Noun Project

Note: The app was developed as part of the 'Build your own Android app' series of posts in 'Eyes on Android', a blog on Electronics Weekly. See http://www.electronicsweekly.com/eyes-on-android/build-your-own-android-app/