1794 in France

The following lists events that happened during 1794 in the French Republic.

Incumbents

4 February – The French Republic abolishes slavery.
15 February – Modern arrangement of Flag of France adopted.
26 February – Ventôse Decrees, proposed to confiscate the property of exiles and opponents of the Revolution, and redistribute it to the needy.
3 March – Ventôse Decrees.
23 March – British troops capture Martinique from the French.
27 March – The Marquis de Condorcet is arrested in Clamart and imprisoned in Bourg-l'Égalité; two days later he is found dead in his cell.

5 April – Execution of Georges Danton.
19 April – Britain signs a treaty of alliance with Prussia and the Netherlands against France.
21 April – British troops seize Guadeloupe but the French regain control on 7 June.
30 April–1 May – War of the Pyrenees: Second Battle of Boulou, French victory against Spain and Portugal.
7 May – French Revolution: Robespierre establishes the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
8 May – French Revolution: Reign of Terror – Chemist Antoine Lavoisier is tried, convicted and executed by guillotine in Paris, on the same day as with 27 co-defendants also associated with the former ferme générale.
18 May – Battle of Tourcoing, French victory over Austrian and British forces.
22 May – Battle of Tournay, Coalition forces defeat the French.
1 June – Glorious First of June, French naval battle with the British; both sides claim victory.
4 June – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti from the French.
10 June – Law of 22 Prairial enacted, also known as the loi de la Grande Terreur.
17 June
*The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom is established.
*Battle of Mykonos: HMS Romney captures French frigate Sibylle.
26 June – Battle of Fleurus: French forces defeat the Austrians and their allies, leading to permanent loss of the Austrian Netherlands and destruction of the Dutch Republic. French use of an observation balloon marks the first participation of an aircraft in battle.

13 July – Battle of Trippstadt, French defeat Austrian, Prussian and Saxony forces.
17 July – The sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed 10 days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
27 July – Thermidorian Reaction begins against the excesses of the Reign of Terror. Robespierre and leaders of the Paris city government arrested.
28 July – Robespierre, Saint-Just, Georges Couthon, and others, including members of the Paris Commune are guillotined.
21 August – British troops capture Corsica following the bombardment by Nelson.
15 September – Battle of Boxtel.
2 October – Battle of Aldenhoven, French defeat Austrian forces.
17 November-20 November – War of the Pyrenees: Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga, French defeat Spanish forces.
22 November – Siege of Luxembourg. French siege of Austrian forces begins.

4 January – Nicolas Luckner, Marshal of France
6 January
* Pierre Bouchet, French physician
* Maurice d'Elbée, French Revolutionary leader
28 January – Henri de la Rochejaquelein, youngest general of the Royalist Vendéan insurrection
10 February – Jacques Roux, French priest
24 March – Jacques Hébert, editor of radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne, executed
29 March – Marquis de Condorcet, philosopher, mathematician and political scientist

5 April – executions
*Georges Danton, leading figure early in the French Revolution
*Camille Desmoulins, journalist and leading figure in the French Revolution
*Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Revolutionary politician
*Fabre d'Églantine, actor, dramatist and Revolutionary politician
*François Joseph Westermann, General and Revolutionary politician
13 April – executions
*Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Revolutionary politician
*Lucile Duplessis, wife of Camille Desmoulins
23 April – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, statesman and Minister, executed
8 May – Antoine Lavoisier, nobleman and chemist, executed
10 May – Élisabeth of France, French princess
17 June – Marguerite-Élie Guadet, Royalist politician, executed
18 June – François Buzot, revolutionary politician
27 June – executions
*Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, Marshal of France
*Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie, soldier and politician