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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

14.  Mons. de L'Aulnay, the governor, falls a victim to
                  the fury of the assailants.  Bertier, intendant of
                  Paris; Foulon, secretary of state; and de
                  Flesselle, prevot des Marchands, (somewhat like
                  mayor of Paris) are massacred.  From, this period
                  the maxim was adopted, "that insurrection was the
                  most sacred of duties."
             15.  The King goes to the assembly to confer with it
                  upon the disturbances of Paris.  Many considerable
                  persons fly the country.
             16.  The Marquis de la Fayette, and Monsieur Bailly, are
                  nominated, one to command the national guards of
                  Paris, the other to be mayor of Paris.
             17.  In hopes of quieting the alarming tumults, the King
                  comes to Paris.  Bailly harangues him freely at the
                  Hotel de la Ville, (sic) and the King receives the
                  three-coloured cockade.
_August_      1.  Massacre of the mayor of St. Dennis.
              4.  Abolition of tithes, and of all feudal rights and
                  privileges.
                  Louis is proclaimed the restorer of French liberty.
              7.  The King is obliged to recall Necker.
             27.  The liberty of the press is established.
_Sept_.      15.  The person of the King is decreed to be inviolable;
                  and the crown of France hereditary and indivisible.
             29.  Decreed, that it be recommended that all church
                  plate be brought to the mint.
_Oct_.        1.  The King is  forced to accept and give the sanction
                  of  his approbation to the famous "Rights of Man."
              5.  The Marquis de la Fayette at the head of 30,000
                  Parisians marches to Versailles.
              6.  After murdering the King's guards under the windows
                  of the Palace, they forcibly conduct both him and
                  the Queen to Paris amidst the insults of the
                  populace, and with great danger of their lives.
             10.  Tayllerang-Perigord, bishop of Autun, proposes that
                  the nation should seize the property of the clergy.
             12.  Decreed, that the National Assembly be removed from
                  Versailles to Paris.
             15.  The Duke of Orleans obtains leave to go to England.
             19.  The first sitting of the National Constituent
                  Assembly at Paris.
             21.  The people of Paris hang a baker.
                  The Jacobin Club commenced at this time; first
                  known by the name of the "Club de la Propagande."
                  The name of Jacobins was derived from the house
                  where the club met, and which had belonged to the
                  religious order of Jacobins.
_Nov_.       22.

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