Georg Forster
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 5
- Years
- 1792–1793
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Georg Forster, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Declaration of the Republic of Mainz
1792–1793Role: Delegate sent to Paris to seek accession to France
- French Occupation of Mainz
After Valmy, Custine's army advanced into the Palatinate and occupied Mainz on 21 October 1792.
- Elections in the Occupied Territories
On 24 February 1793, elections ordered by the French National Convention sent deputies from 130 towns to Mainz.
- Declaration of the Rhenish-German Free State
The Rhenish-German National Convention first met on 17 March 1793; president Hofmann proclaimed the Free State from the Deutschhaus balcony.
- Bid for Accession to France
On 21 March 1793 the convention decided to seek accession to France, dispatching delegates including Forster and Lux to Paris.
- Siege and End of the Republic
Prussian and Austrian troops conquered Mainz on 22 July 1793 after a destructive siege; Jacobins were persecuted until 1795.
- French Occupation of Mainz
Sources
- Republic of Mainz Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-24