What did people in France do for fun in the 1790s?

Answer 1

What games did the doomed nobles of the French Revolution play? Whist, a card game similar to bridge, was popular. So was faro, another card game that was like a smaller game of baccarat. As for dice, hazard was a game that evolved into our game of craps. Some games played during the French Revolution era are still popular today, such as chess and backgammon. Also, vingt-et-un--French for "twenty-one"--was the 1700s equivalent of blackjack.

Tennis was a popular sport during the French Revolution era, as was horse racing. Hunting was a favorite pastime for nobility. Billiards was also played; Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette would often play against each other. Fencing was standardized, with fencing masters all part of the French Fencing Academy. During the French Revolution, the academy was disbanded and fencing discouraged. For hot air enthusiasts, ballooning was a newfangled entertainment, with the first recorded manned flight occurring in Paris in 1783.

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They liked to gather to watch the nobility being guillotined and liked to knit while doing so.
What games did the doomed nobles of the French Revolution play? Whist, a card game similar to bridge, was popular. So was faro, another card game that was like a smaller game of baccarat. As for dice, hazard was a game that evolved into our game of craps. Some games played during the French Revolution era are still popular today, such as chess and backgammon. Also, vingt-et-un--French for "twenty-one"--was the 1700s equivalent of blackjack. Tennis was a popular sport during the French Revolution era, as was horse racing. Hunting was a favorite pastime for nobility. Billiards was also played; Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette would often play against each other. Fencing was standardized, with fencing masters all part of the French Fencing Academy. During the French Revolution, the academy was disbanded and fencing discouraged. For hot air enthusiasts, ballooning was a newfangled entertainment, with the first recorded manned flight occurring in Paris in 1783.

Answer 2

They had balls and parties in winter and they went to the theatre and the Opera. In summer, they had picnics, long walks and rides. They had guests for supper or tea all the year round and afterwards they played cards and society games like charade. In autumn they hunted. This picture concerns only the rich in the West, of course.

Answer 3

They like to go outside and go play and ride bikes. They also like to got to the beaches!!!!!! briana