The Little Dauphin

Name: The Little Dauphin
Author: Hoffmann, Franz

Hoffmann, Franz

Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795

And now, should you ask what moral is to be drawn from this true
narrative, I would answer: Learn from the perusal of this child’s life
to be submissive under affliction and trouble. God keep you from pain
and sorrow; but, should they one day fall to your lot, then remember the
little Dauphin and King of France, and endure, as he endured, suffering
and heart-break with calmness and patience, with humility and submission
to the will of the Lord, before whose mysterious and inscrutable decrees
weak mortality must bow without repining.




                                Appendix


The following is a chronological statement of the most important events
mentioned in this volume, as well as of those directly connected with
the French Revolution:

       August 23, 1754    Birth of Louis XVI.
                  1770    Marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
                  1774    Louis XVI ascends the throne.
        March 27, 1785    Birth of Louis XVII.
                  1789    Louis XVII becomes Dauphin.
           May 5, 1789    Meeting of States General. Revolutionary agitations.
         June 17, 1789    Third Estate takes the name of Constituent Assembly.
         July 14, 1789    Storming of the Bastille.
         July 14, 1790    The “Feast of the Pikes” on the Champ de Mars, and
                          the oath of Federation.
         June 20, 1791    Flight of the Royal Family to Varennes.
         June 25, 1791    Brought back to Paris as captives.
       September, 1791    Constitution adopted.
           April, 1792    War with Prussia and Austria.
    September 21, 1792    Proclamation of the Republic.
      January 21, 1793    Execution of Louis XVI.
           March, 1793    Establishment of Revolutionary Tribunal.
           April, 1793    Establishment of Committee of Public Safety.
          July 3, 1793    Imprisonment of the Dauphin in the Temple.
         July 13, 1793    Assassination of Marat.
      October 16, 1793    Execution of Marie Antoinette.
               1793-94    Reign of Terror.
         April 6, 1794    Execution of Danton.
         July 27, 1794    Execution of Robespierre.
          June 8, 1795    Death of the Dauphin in the Temple.
       October 5, 1795    Victory of Buonaparte over the Sections.
                  1796    Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
        November, 1799    Beginning of the Consulate.
                  1802    Napoleon made Life Consul.
        March 18, 1804    Establishment of the Empire.




                               Footnotes

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The Little DauphinHoffmann, Franz

General

The Little Dauphin

Hoffmann, Franz

Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795

And now, should you ask what moral is to be drawn from this true
narrative, I would answer: Learn from the perusal of this child’s life
to be submissive under affliction and trouble. God keep you from pain
and sorrow; but, should they one day fall to your lot, then remember the
little Dauphin and King of France, and endure, as he endured, suffering
and heart-break with calmness and patience, with humility and submission
to the will of the Lord, before whose mysterious and inscrutable decrees
weak mortality must bow without repining.




                                Appendix


The following is a chronological statement of the most important events
mentioned in this volume, as well as of those directly connected with
the French Revolution:

       August 23, 1754    Birth of Louis XVI.
                  1770    Marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
                  1774    Louis XVI ascends the throne.
        March 27, 1785    Birth of Louis XVII.
                  1789    Louis XVII becomes Dauphin.
           May 5, 1789    Meeting of States General. Revolutionary agitations.
         June 17, 1789    Third Estate takes the name of Constituent Assembly.
         July 14, 1789    Storming of the Bastille.
         July 14, 1790    The “Feast of the Pikes” on the Champ de Mars, and
                          the oath of Federation.
         June 20, 1791    Flight of the Royal Family to Varennes.
         June 25, 1791    Brought back to Paris as captives.
       September, 1791    Constitution adopted.
           April, 1792    War with Prussia and Austria.
    September 21, 1792    Proclamation of the Republic.
      January 21, 1793    Execution of Louis XVI.
           March, 1793    Establishment of Revolutionary Tribunal.
           April, 1793    Establishment of Committee of Public Safety.
          July 3, 1793    Imprisonment of the Dauphin in the Temple.
         July 13, 1793    Assassination of Marat.
      October 16, 1793    Execution of Marie Antoinette.
               1793-94    Reign of Terror.
         April 6, 1794    Execution of Danton.
         July 27, 1794    Execution of Robespierre.
          June 8, 1795    Death of the Dauphin in the Temple.
       October 5, 1795    Victory of Buonaparte over the Sections.
                  1796    Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
        November, 1799    Beginning of the Consulate.
                  1802    Napoleon made Life Consul.
        March 18, 1804    Establishment of the Empire.




                               Footnotes

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