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Henri-Baptiste Gregoire Biography and Timeline

Follow Henri-Baptiste Gregoire through 4 dated historical records for France.

Henri-Baptiste Gregoire, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1794–1795Years on this page

1794

State church subsidies withdrawn - Public response

Constitutional bishop and deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Henri-Baptiste Gregoire figured in events surrounding state church subsidies withdrawn at Paris. The measure helped reshape church-state relations after the coercive religious policies of the Terror. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.

Role range: 1793-1799

State church subsidies withdrawn

Constitutional bishop and deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

The Convention decided that the Republic would no longer fund religious ministers from the public treasury. The measure helped reshape church-state relations after the coercive religious policies of the Terror.

Role range: 1793-1799

1795

Freedom of worship recognized - Balance of power

Deputy and bishop · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Henri-Baptiste Gregoire figured in events surrounding freedom of worship recognized at Paris. Gregoire's advocacy of religious liberty formed part of the debate over a less coercive settlement. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.

Role range: 1793-1799

Freedom of worship recognized

Deputy and bishop · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

The Convention adopted a decree allowing religious worship subject to public-order restrictions and without state financing. Gregoire's advocacy of religious liberty formed part of the debate over a less coercive settlement.

Role range: 1793-1799

Records, sources and methodology

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