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Brienne resigns as Minister of Finance, and is replaced by the Swiss banker [[Jacques Necker]], popular with the Third Estate. French bankers and businessmen, who have always held Necker in high regard, agree to loan the state 75 million, on the condition that the Estates General will have full powers to reform the system.;;;08.25.1788;long
Brienne resigns as Minister of Finance, and is replaced by the Swiss banker [[Jacques Necker]], popular with the Third Estate. French bankers and businessmen, who have always held Necker in high regard, agree to loan the state 75 million, on the condition that the Estates General will have full powers to reform the system.;;;08.25.1788;long
Over the opposition of the nobles, Necker announces that the representation of the Third Estate will be doubled, and that nobles and clergymen will be eligible to sit with the Third Estate.;;;12.27.1788;long
Over the opposition of the nobles, Necker announces that the representation of the Third Estate will be doubled, and that nobles and clergymen will be eligible to sit with the Third Estate.;;;12.27.1788;long
(January 1789) The Abbé [[Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès]] publishes his famous pamphlet, "What is the Third Estate?" he writes\; "What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been until now in the political order? Nothing. What does it demand to be? Something.";;; January 15 1789;long
(January 1789) The Abbé [[Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès]] publishes his famous pamphlet, "What is the Third Estate?" he writes\; "What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been until now in the political order? Nothing. What does it demand to be? Something.";;;01.15.1789;long
King Louis XVI convokes elections for delegates to the Estates-General;;;January 24 1789;
King Louis XVI convokes elections for delegates to the Estates-General;;;01.24.1789;long
Riots in Paris by workers of the [[Jean-Baptiste Réveillon|Réveillon wallpaper factory]] in the [[Faubourg Saint-Antoine]]. Twenty-five workers were killed in battles with police.;;;04.27.1789;long
Riots in Paris by workers of the [[Jean-Baptiste Réveillon|Réveillon wallpaper factory]] in the [[Faubourg Saint-Antoine]]. Twenty-five workers were killed in battles with police.;;;04.27.1789;long
Presentation to the King of the Deputies of the Estates-General at Versailles. The clergy and nobles are welcomed with formal ceremonies and processions, the Third Estate is not.;;;05.02.1789;long
Presentation to the King of the Deputies of the Estates-General at Versailles. The clergy and nobles are welcomed with formal ceremonies and processions, the Third Estate is not.;;;05.02.1789;long
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Confrontation between the army and crowds in [[Béthune]] over the allocation of grain.;;;02.23.1792;long
Confrontation between the army and crowds in [[Béthune]] over the allocation of grain.;;;02.23.1792;long
The [[Duke of Brunswick]] is named to command a joint Austrian-Prussian invasion of France.;;;03.07.1792;long
The [[Duke of Brunswick]] is named to command a joint Austrian-Prussian invasion of France.;;;03.07.1792;long
The Assembly granted equal rights to free people of color in Haiti.<\;ref name="Ghachem, Malick W 2012">\;Ghachem, Malick W. The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.<\;/ref>\;;;;April 4 1792;
The Assembly granted equal rights to free people of color in Haiti.;;;04.04.1792;long
The Assembly closes the [[College of Sorbonne|Sorbonne]], a center of conservative theology.;;;04.05.1792;long
The Assembly closes the [[College of Sorbonne|Sorbonne]], a center of conservative theology.;;;04.05.1792;long
The Assembly declares war on the [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|King of Bohemia and Hungary]], i.e. to the [[Holy Roman Empire]].;;;04.20.1792;long
The Assembly declares war on the [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|King of Bohemia and Hungary]], i.e. to the [[Holy Roman Empire]].;;;04.20.1792;long
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The French army occupies [[Liège]].;;;11.28.1792;long
The French army occupies [[Liège]].;;;11.28.1792;long
[[Robespierre]], leader of the Jacobins and First Deputy for Paris in the Convention, demands that the King be put to death.;;;12.03.1792;long
[[Robespierre]], leader of the Jacobins and First Deputy for Paris in the Convention, demands that the King be put to death.;;;12.03.1792;long
Deputies sent by Brussels assembly to the National Convention express gratitude of the Belgian people and request that France officially recognise the independence of Belgium. The Convention adopts immediately the proposed decree.;;;December 4 1792;
Deputies sent by Brussels assembly to the National Convention express gratitude of the Belgian people and request that France officially recognise the independence of Belgium. The Convention adopts immediately the proposed decree.;;;12.04.1792;long
At the proposal of [[Jean-Paul Marat]], the Convention rules that each deputy must individually and publicly declare his vote on the death penalty for the King.;;;12.06.1792;long
At the proposal of [[Jean-Paul Marat]], the Convention rules that each deputy must individually and publicly declare his vote on the death penalty for the King.;;;12.06.1792;long
Opening of the [[trial of Louis XVI]] before the Convention.;;;12.10.1792;long
Opening of the [[trial of Louis XVI]] before the Convention.;;;12.10.1792;long
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Death of [[Henri de la Rochejaquelein]], royalist and military leader of the Vendéens, fighting at [[Nuaillé]].;;;01.29.1794;long
Death of [[Henri de la Rochejaquelein]], royalist and military leader of the Vendéens, fighting at [[Nuaillé]].;;;01.29.1794;long
The Convention votes to abolish slavery in French colonies.;;;02.04.1794;long
The Convention votes to abolish slavery in French colonies.;;;02.04.1794;long
Robespierre lectures the Convention on the necessity for the Terror: "The foundations of a popular government in a revolution are virtue and terror\; terror without virtue is disastrous\; and virtue without terror is powerless. The Government of the Revolution is the despotism of liberty over tyranny.";;;February 5 1794;
Robespierre lectures the Convention on the necessity for the Terror: "The foundations of a popular government in a revolution are virtue and terror\; terror without virtue is disastrous\; and virtue without terror is powerless. The Government of the Revolution is the despotism of liberty over tyranny.";;;02.05.1794;long
Napoleon Bonaparte is promoted to general for his role in driving the British from Toulon,;;;02.06.1794;long
Napoleon Bonaparte is promoted to general for his role in driving the British from Toulon,;;;02.06.1794;long
Recall of [[Jean-Baptiste Carrier]] from [[Nantes]]. As official delegate of the Convention, he was responsible for the [[drownings at Nantes]] of as many as ten thousand Vendéen prisoners, in barges deliberately sunk in the Loire River.;;;02.06.1794;long
Recall of [[Jean-Baptiste Carrier]] from [[Nantes]]. As official delegate of the Convention, he was responsible for the [[drownings at Nantes]] of as many as ten thousand Vendéen prisoners, in barges deliberately sunk in the Loire River.;;;02.06.1794;long
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At the request of Robespierre, the Convention orders the transfer of the ashes of [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] to the Panthéon.;;;04.14.1794;long
At the request of Robespierre, the Convention orders the transfer of the ashes of [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] to the Panthéon.;;;04.14.1794;long
A report to the Convention by Saint-Just calls from greater centralization of the police under the control of the Committee for Public Safety.;;;04.15.1794;long
A report to the Convention by Saint-Just calls from greater centralization of the police under the control of the Committee for Public Safety.;;;04.15.1794;long
By the Treaty of the Hague, between Britain and Prussia, Britain agrees to fund an army of 62,000 Prussian soldiers to continue the war against France.;;;April 19 1794;
By the Treaty of the Hague, between Britain and Prussia, Britain agrees to fund an army of 62,000 Prussian soldiers to continue the war against France.;;;04.19.1794;long
In a report to the Convention, the deputy [[Billaud-Varenne]] delivers a veiled attack against Robespierre: "All people jealous of their liberty should be on guard even against the virtues of those who occupy eminent positions.";;;04.20.1794;long
In a report to the Convention, the deputy [[Billaud-Varenne]] delivers a veiled attack against Robespierre: "All people jealous of their liberty should be on guard even against the virtues of those who occupy eminent positions.";;;04.20.1794;long
[[Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes|Malesherbes]] and the deputés [[Isaac René Guy le Chapelier]] and [[Jacques Guillaume Thouret]], four times elected president of the [[Constituent Assembly]], were taken to the scaffold.;;;04.22.1794;long
[[Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes|Malesherbes]] and the deputés [[Isaac René Guy le Chapelier]] and [[Jacques Guillaume Thouret]], four times elected president of the [[Constituent Assembly]], were taken to the scaffold.;;;04.22.1794;long
Robespierre creates a new Bureau of Police attached to the Committee of Public Safety, in opposition to the existing police under the Committee of General Safety.;;;April 23 1794;
Robespierre creates a new Bureau of Police attached to the Committee of Public Safety, in opposition to the existing police under the Committee of General Safety.;;;04.23.1794;long
Robespierre asks the Convention to decree "that the French people recognize the existence of a Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul", and to organize celebrations of the new cult.;;;05.07.1794;long
Robespierre asks the Convention to decree "that the French people recognize the existence of a Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul", and to organize celebrations of the new cult.;;;05.07.1794;long
The chemist [[Antoine Lavoisier]], along with twenty-six other former members of the ''[[Ferme générale]]'', is tried and guillotined.;;;05.08.1794;long
The chemist [[Antoine Lavoisier]], along with twenty-six other former members of the ''[[Ferme générale]]'', is tried and guillotined.;;;05.08.1794;long
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[[Law of 22 Prairial]] - As the prisons are full, the Convention speeds up the trials of those accused. Witnesses are no longer required to testify. From June 11 to July 27, 1,376 prisoners are sentenced to death, with no acquittals, compared with 1251 death sentences in the previous fourteen months. The Convention also gives itself the exclusive right to arrest its own members.;;;06.10.1794;long
[[Law of 22 Prairial]] - As the prisons are full, the Convention speeds up the trials of those accused. Witnesses are no longer required to testify. From June 11 to July 27, 1,376 prisoners are sentenced to death, with no acquittals, compared with 1251 death sentences in the previous fourteen months. The Convention also gives itself the exclusive right to arrest its own members.;;;06.10.1794;long
Without naming names, Robespierre announces to the Convention that he will demand the heads of "intriguers" who are plotting against the Convention.;;;06.12.1794;long
Without naming names, Robespierre announces to the Convention that he will demand the heads of "intriguers" who are plotting against the Convention.;;;06.12.1794;long
Carnot foresightedly despatched a large part of the Parisian artillery to the front.;;;June 24 1794;
Carnot foresightedly despatched a large part of the Parisian artillery to the front.;;;06.24.1794;long
French forces under [[Jean-Baptiste Jourdan|Jourdan]] defeat the Austrians at the [[Battle of Fleurus (1794)|Battle of Fleurus]].;;;06.26.1794;long
French forces under [[Jean-Baptiste Jourdan|Jourdan]] defeat the Austrians at the [[Battle of Fleurus (1794)|Battle of Fleurus]].;;;06.26.1794;long
Dispute within the Committee of Public Safety. [[Billaud-Varenne]], [[Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot|Carnot]] and [[Collot d'Herbois]] accuse Robespierre of behaving like a dictator. He leaves the Committee and does not return before July 23.;;;06.29.1794;long
Dispute within the Committee of Public Safety. [[Billaud-Varenne]], [[Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot|Carnot]] and [[Collot d'Herbois]] accuse Robespierre of behaving like a dictator. He leaves the Committee and does not return before July 23.;;;06.29.1794;long
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[[Marie Thérèse de Choiseul]], the princes of Monaco is executed. Her execution would be one of the last during the Reign of Terror.;;;07.27.1794;long
[[Marie Thérèse de Choiseul]], the princes of Monaco is executed. Her execution would be one of the last during the Reign of Terror.;;;07.27.1794;long
Robespierre gives a violent speech at the Convention, demanding, without naming them, the arrest and punishment of "traitors" in the Committees of Public Safety and General Security. The Convention first votes to publish the speech, but Billaud-Varenne and Cambon demand names and attack Robespierre. The Convention sends Robespierre's speech to the Committees for further study, without action.;;;07.26.1794;long
Robespierre gives a violent speech at the Convention, demanding, without naming them, the arrest and punishment of "traitors" in the Committees of Public Safety and General Security. The Convention first votes to publish the speech, but Billaud-Varenne and Cambon demand names and attack Robespierre. The Convention sends Robespierre's speech to the Committees for further study, without action.;;;07.26.1794;long
At noon, Saint-Just began his speech in the convention, prepared to blame everything on Billaud, Collot d'Herbois and Carnot. After a few minutes, Tallien interrupted him and began the attack. When the accusations began to pile up the Convention voted the arrest of Robespierre, and of his younger brother [[Augustin Robespierre]], Saint-Just, Couthon and Lebas. [[François Hanriot]] warned the sections that there would be an attempt to murder Robespierre and mobilized 2,400 National Guards in front of the town hall. In the meantime the five were taken to a prison, but refused by the jailors. An administrator of the police took Robespierre the older around 8 p.m. to the [[Paris Police Prefecture|police administration]] on [[Île de la Cité]]\; Robespierre insisted being received in a prison. He hesitated for legal reasons for possibly two hours. At around 10 p.m. the mayor appointed a delegation to go and convince Robespierre to join the Commune movement. Then the Convention declared the five deputies (plus the supporting members) to be outlaws. They expected crowds of supporters to join them during the night, but most left losing time in fruitless deliberation, without supplies or instructions.;;;July 27 1794;
At noon, Saint-Just began his speech in the convention, prepared to blame everything on Billaud, Collot d'Herbois and Carnot. After a few minutes, Tallien interrupted him and began the attack. When the accusations began to pile up the Convention voted the arrest of Robespierre, and of his younger brother [[Augustin Robespierre]], Saint-Just, Couthon and Lebas. [[François Hanriot]] warned the sections that there would be an attempt to murder Robespierre and mobilized 2,400 National Guards in front of the town hall. In the meantime the five were taken to a prison, but refused by the jailors. An administrator of the police took Robespierre the older around 8 p.m. to the [[Paris Police Prefecture|police administration]] on [[Île de la Cité]]\; Robespierre insisted being received in a prison. He hesitated for legal reasons for possibly two hours. At around 10 p.m. the mayor appointed a delegation to go and convince Robespierre to join the Commune movement. Then the Convention declared the five deputies (plus the supporting members) to be outlaws. They expected crowds of supporters to join them during the night, but most left losing time in fruitless deliberation, without supplies or instructions.;;;07.27.1794;long
At two in the morning, soldiers loyal to the Convention take the ''Hôtel de Ville'' without a fight. Robespierre is wounded in the jaw by a gunshot, either from a gendarme or self-inflicted. His brother is badly injured jumping from the window. In the morning, Robespierre and his supporters are taken to the Revolutionary Tribunal for formal identification. Since they have been declared outside the law, no trial is considered necessary. In the evening of July 28, Robespierre and his supporters, including his brother, Saint-Just, Couthon and Hanriot, 22 in all, are guillotined.;;;07.28.1794;long
At two in the morning, soldiers loyal to the Convention take the ''Hôtel de Ville'' without a fight. Robespierre is wounded in the jaw by a gunshot, either from a gendarme or self-inflicted. His brother is badly injured jumping from the window. In the morning, Robespierre and his supporters are taken to the Revolutionary Tribunal for formal identification. Since they have been declared outside the law, no trial is considered necessary. In the evening of July 28, Robespierre and his supporters, including his brother, Saint-Just, Couthon and Hanriot, 22 in all, are guillotined.;;;07.28.1794;long
Arrest and execution of seventy allies of Robespierre within the Paris Commune. In all, 106 Robespierrists are guillotined.;;;07.29.1794;long
Arrest and execution of seventy allies of Robespierre within the Paris Commune. In all, 106 Robespierrists are guillotined.;;;07.29.1794;long