Constitutional Monarchy 1789-1792 Dates Flashcards
Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen
26 August 1789
October Days
5-6 October 1789
Church land nationalised
2 November 1789
Law introduced concept of active citizens
December 1789
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
12 July 1790
Reorganisation of the judiciary
16 August 1790
Dissolution of guilds
2 March 1791
Le Chapelier Law vans trade unions and strikes
14 June 1791
Flight to Varenne
20 June 1791
Champ de Mars massacre
17 July 1791
Declaration of Pillnitz
27 August 1791
Louis accepts new constitution
13 September 1791
Last meeting of Constituent Assembly
30 September 1791
Legislative Assembly formed
1 October 1791
Louis vetoed laws on making non-jurors suspect, the other makes all emigrees traitors
November 1791
France declares war on Austria
20 April 1792
Prussia declares war on France
13 June 1792
Brunswick Manifesto
1 August 1792
Sans-Culottes occupy Hotel de Ville, take control of Paris commune and set up revolutionary commune
9 August 1792
Parisian people and republican soldiers surround Tuileries Palace and demand dissolution of Assembly and abolition of monarchy
10 August 1792
Assembly votes to suspend King, replacing him with 5 man executive, also convened democratic elections for a National Convention to be held next month
11 August 1792
Lafayette defects to Austrians
17 August 1792
Prussian forces enter Northern France
19 August 1792
Prussia captures Longwy
20 August 1792
