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Historical Epochs of the French Revolution: With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France; And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death — John Shaqi

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Historical Epochs of the French Revolution: With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France; And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death

Name: Historical Epochs of the French Revolution: With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France; And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death
Author: Goudemetz, Henry

Goudemetz, Henry

France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799; Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793

_Jan_.        1.  Egalite (duke of Orleans) ill received at the
                  Tuilleries.
              5.  Massacre of the minister of Chateau-neuf.
                  Motion of Herault, that foreign powers be required
                  to forbid the white cockade to be worn by
                  emigrants.
             11.  Carra proposes at the Jacobin club, that the crown
                  of France be offered to the Duke of York.
             15.  Plan of a decree for declaring war against the
                  Emperor.
             16.  Decreed, that Monsieur has forfeited the regency.
                  Three hundred millions of small assignats issued.
             17.  Fire and ravages at Port-au-Prince.
                  Great tumult at Paris on account of the monopoly of
                  of sugar and coffee.
             19.  Fire of La-Force.
             21.  A conforming priest, his wife, and children,
                  presented to the assembly, and loaded with caresses.
             27.  Summons to the Emperor, to declare whether or not
                  he is willing to live in peace with France.
             31.  Decreed, that all travellers in France must supply
                  themselves with a passport.
_Feb_.        1.  Decreed, that all those shall be imprisoned who
                  travel under a false name.
                  Eighty-four prisoners, who were confined in the
                  castle of Caen, set at liberty.
              2.  Letter of Manuel to the King beginning with these
                  words, "I do not love kings".
              5.  Fires and massacres at St. Domingo.
              6.  The Abbe Fauchet preaches at the Pantheon.
              7.  Riots at Paris on account of a false rumour of the
                  King's flight.
                  Great fires in the town of Haquenau.
                  Decreed, that the property of emigrants belongs to
                  the nation; order for its sequestration.
                  Riots at Noyon about corn.
                  Insurrection at Dunkirk.
             14.  The red bonnet becomes the general fashion.
                  Assassination at Mount Heri.
                  Insurrection at the Fauxbourg (sic) St. Marceau, on
                  account of the scarcity of sugar.
                  Struggle between the clubs of the Jacobins, and the
                  Feuillants; the latter so called from a religious
                  society of that name, at whose house they met.
             17.  De Lessart denounced by Fauchet.
             22.  Motion, that no deputy be permitted to go to the
                  clubs of Jacobins or Feuillants.
             28.  Treaty of Pilnitz between the Emperor and Prussia.
_March_       1.  Death of the Emperor Leopold II.
              3.  Seditions at Etampes; Simoneau, the mayor,
                  assassinated.
                  De Lessart, minister for foreign affairs, sent to

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