Assembly of Vizille
Barnave participated in the Dauphine political assembly at Vizille, which pressed for representative reform before the Estates General.
Role range: 1789-1792
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Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave Biography and Timeline
Follow Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave through 36 dated historical records for France.
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave, historical timeline
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1788
1789
Barnave enters national electoral politics
Barnave's constitutional reputation in Dauphiné helped secure his role in the national assemblies. The barnave chosen as reformist deputy formed part of the transition from estate-based consultation toward claims of national sovereignty.
Role range: 1789-1792
Election for Dauphine
Barnave was elected as a Third Estate deputy for Dauphine before the opening of the Estates General.
Role range: 1789-1792
Barnave joins cohort of elected reformers
Barnave's parallel election helped bring articulate provincial lawyers into the constitutional movement. The debate over barere elected third estate deputy demonstrated why electoral rules and parliamentary procedure mattered to constitutional reform.
Role range: 1789-1792
Barnave Calls Declaration a National Catechism
Barnave supports adoption of a declaration that can teach citizens the principles of political liberty.
Role range: 1789-1792
Rights Debate Interrupted by August Revolution
Debate over the declaration gives way temporarily to the dramatic abolition of feudal privileges during the August night session.
Role range: 1789-1792
Barnave supports constitutional compromise
Barnave participated in debates balancing legislative power against a continuing royal executive. The consequences of deputies choose suspensive royal veto reached well beyond the palace and its neighbouring legislative chambers.
Role range: 1789-1792
Friends of the Constitution
After the royal family is brought to Paris the Breton network begins meeting near the Jacobin convent in Paris
Role range: 1789-1795
Friends of the Constitution
After the royal family is brought to Paris the Breton network begins meeting near the Jacobin convent in Paris.
Role range: 1789-1795
Political Society Moves to Paris
After the royal court moved to Paris reform minded deputies began meeting near the former Dominican convent. The association grew into the influential Society of the Friends of the Constitution.
Role range: 1789-1792
1790
Jacobin Club
The Society of the Friends of the Constitution becomes widely known as the Jacobin Club from its meeting place in the former Jacobin convent
Role range: 1789-1795
Jacobin Club
The Society of the Friends of the Constitution becomes widely known as the Jacobin Club from its meeting place in the former Jacobin convent.
Role range: 1789-1795
War Powers Debate
Barnave argued against giving the king a decisive role in the constitutional power to make war and peace.
Role range: 1789-1792
Mayor of Grenoble
Barnave was elected mayor of Grenoble while remaining an influential deputy in the National Assembly.
Role range: 1789-1792
President of National Assembly
The Assembly chose Barnave to chair its proceedings for a term beginning in late October 1790.
Role range: 1789-1792
Constitutional Reformers Dominate Early Jacobin Meetings
Barnave and other constitutional monarchists initially exercised considerable influence within the Jacobins. The society was not yet identified exclusively with radical republicanism.
Role range: 1789-1792
1791
Defence of Jacobin Club
Barnave defended the Jacobin Club against constitutional monarchist rivals during a major political dispute.
Role range: 1789-1792
Barnave appointed escort commissioner - Public reaction
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave figured in events surrounding barnave appointed escort commissioner at Paris. Sending representatives established parliamentary supervision over the king's return. Public knowledge of the failed journey encouraged both republican criticism and efforts to defend the remaining monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1792
Barnave appointed escort commissioner
The National Assembly designated Barnave among deputies charged with meeting and accompanying the detained royal family. Sending representatives established parliamentary supervision over the king's return.
Role range: 1789-1792
Escort
Barnave is sent by the National Assembly to escort the royal family back after the arrest
Role range: 1789-1792
Escort
Barnave is sent by the National Assembly to escort the royal family back after the arrest.
Role range: 1789-1792
Escort
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave was sent by the National Assembly to escort the royal family back to Paris.
Role range: 1789-1792
Escort
Sent by the National Assembly to escort the royal family back to Paris
Role range: 1789-1792
Barnave converses with royal family - Constitutional consequence
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave figured in events surrounding barnave converses with royal family at Varennes to Paris. The experience contributed to his increasingly firm defense of preserving a constitutional monarchy. The episode undermined confidence in the possibility of governing France through a constitutional monarch who had tried to leave the capital.
Role range: 1789-1792
Barnave converses with royal family
Barnave spent the return journey in close contact with the royal travelers. The experience contributed to his increasingly firm defense of preserving a constitutional monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1792
Return Journey
Barnave travels beside the royal family and begins to favour preserving a constitutional monarchy
Role range: 1789-1792
Return Journey
Barnave travels beside the royal family and begins to favour preserving a constitutional monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1792
Royal inviolability defended - Impact on the royal family
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave figured in events surrounding royal inviolability defended at Paris. The position sought to separate criticism of the king's actions from abolition of monarchy. It left Louis XVI and his relatives subject to closer political supervision and damaged the prestige of the court.
Role range: 1789-1792
Royal inviolability defended
Barnave argued for maintaining the constitutional principle of royal inviolability during debates following the flight. The position sought to separate criticism of the king's actions from abolition of monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1792
Royal Inviolability Speech
Barnave defended royal inviolability and constitutional monarchy after the Flight to Varennes.
Role range: 1789-1792
Constitutional Monarchists Leave Jacobin Club
Barnave joined political moderates who broke from the Jacobin Club amid dispute over the king's future. The departing members helped create the Feuillant alignment.
Role range: 1789-1792
Feuillant Split
Moderate constitutional monarchists leave the Jacobin Club and form the Feuillant Club after the crisis over the king
Role range: 1789-1795
Feuillant Split
Moderate constitutional monarchists leave the Jacobin Club and form the Feuillant Club after the crisis over the king.
Role range: 1789-1795
Feuillant Split
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave joined moderate constitutional monarchists who leave the Jacobin Club for the Feuillants.
Role range: 1789-1792
Feuillant Split
Joins moderate constitutional monarchists who leave the Jacobin Club for the Feuillants
Role range: 1789-1792
1793
Execution of Antoine Barnave
Barnave was executed in Paris after revolutionary authorities prosecuted his links with the royal family.
Role range: 1793-1799
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