_Dec._ Mirabeau President of the Jacobin Club. 1791. _Jan._ 30. Mirabeau elected President of the Assembly. _April_ 2. Death of Mirabeau. " 18. The King attempts to leave Paris for St. Cloud, but is stopped by a mob. _June_ 20. The flight to Varennes. _July_ 17. The Republican demonstration and the Massacre of the Champ de Mars. Rally of the Constitutional Party, and re-establishment of the King. _Aug._ 27. The Emperor Leopold and the King of Prussia meet the French emigrant Princes and issue the Declaration of Pillnitz. _Sept._ 4. Louis publicly accepts the new Constitution. " 30. Last sitting of the Constituent Assembly. _Oct._ 1. First sitting of the Legislative Assembly. _Nov._ 1. The Emperor Leopold issues a circular to the Powers against interference in France. " 9. A decree of the Assembly orders the Emigrants, under the severest penalties, to return to France (vetoed by the King). " 17. Pétion elected Mayor of Paris over Lafayette's head. " 29. A decree of the Assembly orders the expulsion of priests who will not take the oath to the Constitution (vetoed by the King). _Dec._ 7. Narbonne appointed Minister of War. 1792. _Mar._ 1. Death of the Emperor Leopold. " 9. Dismissal of Narbonne. Formation of a Girondist Government. _Apl._ 20. France declares war against Austria. The French troops cross the Belgian frontier, but meet with reverses. _May_ 27. Decree authorising the banishment of refractory priests (vetoed by the King). " 30. Dismissal of the King's Constitutional Guard. _June_ 8. Decree for assembling a force of 20,000 Fédérés at Paris (vetoed by the King). " 12. Louis dismisses his Girondist Ministers. " 20. Invasion of the Tuileries by a mob. _July_ 11. The country declared to be in danger. " 25. Prussia declares war on France. Manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick. " 30. The Fédérés from Marseilles arrive in Paris. _Aug._ 10. Capture of the Tuileries and overthrow of the Monarchy. " 20. Desertion of Lafayette. " 23. Surrender of Longwy. " 28. Search for arms and arrest of suspects in Paris. _Sept._ 2. The Prison Massacres begin in Paris. Surrender of Verdun. " 20. Dumouriez at Valmy checks the advance of the Allies. " 21. Meeting of the National Convention.