# The Rauracian Republic (27 November 1792)

URL: https://allhistories.com/swiss/timeline/1792-the-rauracian-republic
Themes: Wars & Battles

On 27 November 1792 local revolutionaries, backed by French troops, proclaimed the Rauracian Republic at Porrentruy in the northern Jura, the part of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel that lay outside the Confederacy's protection. The prince-bishop had fled. The sister republic was short-lived. In March 1793 the French Convention annexed it as the department of Mont-Terrible. The southern parts of the prince-bishopric, allied with the Swiss, were annexed in turn in 1797. After 1815 most of the region was assigned to Bern, laying the seeds of the later Jura question.

## Why it matters
The Rauracian Republic was the first territory on Switzerland's edge to fall to revolutionary France, a warning of the upheaval to come.

Ruler at the Time: [Sovereign Old Confederacy](https://allhistories.com/swiss/rulers/sovereign-old-confederacy)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Rauracian Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauracian_Republic)
- [Wikipedia — Prince-Bishopric of Basel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Basel)
- [Wikipedia — Mont-Terrible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Terrible)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — The Rauracian Republic](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=The+Rauracian+Republic)
- [Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (HLS) lookup — The Rauracian Republic](https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/en/search/?text=The+Rauracian+Republic)
- [Wikipedia — Old Swiss Confederacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Swiss_Confederacy)
- [Wikipedia — History of Switzerland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Switzerland)