The French Revolution 1789-1795Gardiner, Bertha Meriton
History
The French Revolution 1789-1795
Gardiner, Bertha Meriton
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Expedition of Emigrants to Quiberon 243
Position of the Convention; its unpopularity 245
Death of the Dauphin 245
The Convention sanctions the use of Churches for Catholic worship 246
Position of the Clergy; Parties amongst them 247
The Convention frames the Constitution of 1795 248
Special Laws passed to maintain the Republican Party in Power 249
Insurrection of Vendémiaire 13 suppressed by Napoleon Bonaparte 250
Law of Brumaire 3, excluding relations of Emigrants from Office 250
The Five Directors; Position of the New Government 251
INDEX 255
MAPS.
Europe in 1789 _To face title page_
Map of France in Provinces 9
Revolutionary Paris 43
Map of France in Departments 65
Map of Belgium 132
Map of the Rhine 190
Map of Quiberon 241
REVOLUTIONARY CALENDAR.
Vendémiaire Sept. Oct.
Brumaire Oct. Nov.
Frimaire Nov. Dec.
Nivose Dec. Jan.
Pluviose Jan. Feb.
Ventose Feb. March
Germinal Mar. April
Floréal April May
Prairial May June
Messidor June July
Thermidor July Aug.
Fructidor Aug. Sept.
LEADING DATES IN THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
_Dates relating to military or foreign affairs are given in italics
in order that the attention of the reader may be drawn to the
relation between them and the domestic occurrences._
1774
Accession of Louis XVI.--Ministry of Turgot.
1776
Dismissal of Turgot--Ministry of Necker--_American Declaration
of Independence_.
1778
_France allies itself with America._
1781
Resignation of Necker.
1783
Calonne’s Ministry.
1787
The Assembly of Notables--Brienne’s Ministry.
1788
Necker’s Second Ministry.
1789
May 5. Meeting of the States General.
June 17. Adoption of the title of National Assembly.
June 20. The Tennis Court Oath.
June 23. The King comes to the Assembly to command the separation
of the Orders.
July 14. Capture of the Bastille.
Aug. 4. Abolition of feudal rights.
Oct. 6. The King brought to Paris.
1790
July 14. Feast of the Federation.
Nov. 27. Oath imposed on the Clergy.
1791
April 2. Death of Mirabeau.
June 20. The Flight to Varennes.
July 17. The Massacre of the Champ de Mars
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