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Alexandre de Beauharnais Biography and Timeline

Follow Alexandre de Beauharnais through 3 dated historical records for France.

Alexandre de Beauharnais, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1789–1790Years on this page

1789

Merit replaces birth as qualification for office

Viscount · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Alexandre de Beauharnais participated in an Assembly dismantling aristocratic restrictions on public advancement. Equal eligibility to civil and military employment challenged the political privileges of birth.

Role range: 1789-1792

1790

Hereditary nobility legally abolished

Viscount · Deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

The Assembly abolished hereditary nobility and noble titles, extending the attack on privilege beyond feudal dues. Beauharnais was among the noble deputies living through the disappearance of formal aristocratic distinctions.

Role range: 1789-1792

Federation field preparations: Volunteer earthworks

Viscount · Constituent deputy · Champ de Mars · Revolution / Revolution of France

Alexandre de Beauharnais joined preparations for the huge ceremonial ground before the Federation festival. Deputies and ordinary inhabitants worked on the site to demonstrate cooperative civic participation.

Role range: 1789-1792

Records, sources and methodology

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