In July 1788, what natural disaster occurred which likely contributed to the French Revolution a year later?
Answer: A giant hailstorm. Sweeping across France from Normandy to Toulouse, and lasting three days, the storm destroyed hundreds of square miles of crops and produced the worst harvest for forty years. Already high food prices shot up once more, and the then monarchial regime was the target for much of the anger.
Source: Forging Freedom by Margaret R. O’Leary
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