12 History France AOS2 Timeline (dyerj9) by https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn en-us 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC 2026-01-12 19:37:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1eb-1f1f7.png The National Constituent Assembly votes to suspend the parlements. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995438 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995438 Hundreds of Parisian citizens, including large numbers of women, march on Versailles, accompanied by the National Guard. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995440 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995440 The National Constituent Assembly passes the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995441 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995441 The National Constituent Assembly reforms provincial government, creating 83 new departements. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995443 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995443 Jean-Paul Marat‘s radical newspaper The Friend of the People is published on the streets of Paris for the first time. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995445 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995445 The National Constituent Assembly begins the sale of church lands and approves a first release of 400 million assignats, a paper bond backed by income from these sales. The assignats become a de facto paper currency. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995446 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995446 The National Constituent Assembly nationalises church lands, passing the Decree on Church Lands and declaring that all ecclesiastical lands are “at the disposal of the nation”. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995447 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995447 News reaches Paris that royal soldiers at Versailles stomped on tricolour cockades at a drunken party. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995449 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995449 The gabelle tax on salt is suspended. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995450 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995450 Lettres de cachet are formally abolished. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995451 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995451 The National Constituent Assembly passes the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995453 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995453 A decree of the National Constituent Assembly requires all clergymen to swear an oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995456 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995456 The royal family attempts to leave Paris for a summer palace at Saint-Cloud, but their journey is prevented by a Paris mob. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995457 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995457 The Champ de Mars massacre. Jacobins and Cordeliers rally on the Champ de Mars, to construct a petition calling for the abolition of the monarchy. The National Guard opens fire on a rowdy group, killing between 20-50 people. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995460 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995460 Austrian emperor Leopold II issues the Padua Circular, calling on all European monarchs to protect the French royal family. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995462 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995462 The Jacobin club decides to protest against the king at the Champ de Mars. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995463 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995463 The rulers of Prussia and Austria issues the Declaration of Pillnitz, affirming their support for Louis XVI. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995465 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995465 The king formally ratifies the Constitution of 1791 and swears an oath of allegiance to the new state. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995466 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995466 The king addresses the Legislative Assembly and, under advice from Girondin ministers, asks the assembly to declare war on Austria, Hungary and Bohemia. This marks the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995467 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995467 The Tuileries Palace is invaded by Parisians and republican soldiers. The king takes refuge in the Legislative Assembly, then is arrested and imprisoned. Soldiers of the Swiss Guard at the Tuileries are massacred. In the coming days the Legislative Assembly suspends the king, quashes his vetoes and establishes a national convention based on universal voting rights. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995470 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995470 A crowd invades the Tuileries, demanding that the king withdraw his vetoes. The king is pressured to wear a red liberty cap and publicly humiliated. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995471 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995471 Early military defeats and the threat of a Prussian invasion lead the Legislative Assembly to declare “La Patrie en danger”. The government is now given emergency powers. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995472 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995472 The Duke of Brunswick, commander of a joint Austrian-Prussian military force, issues the Brunswick Manifesto, threatening Paris with destruction if the king is harmed. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995473 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995473 The September Massacres in Paris result in around 1,200 deaths. The vast majority killed are imprisoned royalists and clergymen. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995475 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995475 The National Convention votes unanimously to abolish the monarchy and declares Year I of the Republic. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995476 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995476 The trial of Louis XVI begins before the National Convention. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995477 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995477 The first Revolutionary Tribunal is created. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995479 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995479 The beginning of uprisings in the Vendee in western France. The Vendee rebels are angered by conscription, attacks on the clergy and the execution of the king. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995480 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995480 Jean-Paul Marat is stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday, a Girondin supporter, while he was bathing. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995481 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995481 The National Convention, under pressure from the sans culottes and Paris sections, passes the first Maximum Price Law, fixing the price of grain. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995482 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995482 The National Convention decrees the levee en masse. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995483 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995483 The National Convention passes the Law of Suspects, broadening the definition of suspects. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995484 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995484 The National Convention passes the Law of 14 Frimaire, further increasing the power of the Committee of Public Safety. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995485 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995485 The Committee of Public Safety, a 12-man emergency committee with wide-ranging powers, is established by the National Convention. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995486 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995486 The National Convention passes the Law of the 22 Prairial, increasing the power of tribunals, removing the rights of defendants and declaring all penalties to be punishable by death. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995487 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995487 Robespierre delivers a speech to the National Convention, outlining his proposal for the Cult of the Supreme Being. The Convention endorses his proposal. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995488 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995488 Robespierre is elected president of the National Convention. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995490 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995490 The Committee of Public Safety is stripped of its executive powers. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995492 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995492 The execution of Danton, Desmoulins and their supporters, following a show trial. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995494 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995494 Constitution of 1795 is passed, outlining a new system of government that includes a five-man executive (the Directory) and a bicameral assembly (the Council of Elders and the Council of Five Hundred). doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995495 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995495 Robespierre’s opponents orchestrate his deposition and arrest. Robespierre, Saint-Just, Couthon and others are executed without trial the following day. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995496 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995496 Robespierre addresses the National Convention and launches an attack on his opponents. He also has several of them expelled from the Jacobin club. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995497 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995497 The commencement of the White Terror, a campaign of purges and persecution of Jacobins. doshea8 https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995498 2024-09-20 03:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerj9/sdrgnct4l7j28tcn/wish/3128995498