Abolition of Privileges Changes Debate
The Assemblys August measures attacked noble exemptions and corporate privileges, creating a broader framework for the constitutional project he supported.
Role range: 1789-1792
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Louis Marie La Revelliere-Lepeaux Biography and Timeline
Follow Louis Marie La Revelliere-Lepeaux through 78 dated historical records for France.
Louis Marie La Revelliere-Lepeaux, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1789–1797Years on this page
1789
Constituent Assembly Begins Reform Program
The transformation of the estates into a constituent legislature gave La Revelliere Lepeaux a role in the movement to dismantle inherited institutions.
Role range: 1789-1792
Election as Third Estate Representative
La Revelliere Lepeaux entered national political life as a deputy from Anjou, giving a provincial reformer a role in the Estates General.
Role range: 1789-1792
Representation Beyond Privileged Orders
As a deputy of the Third Estate, he participated in the struggle over whether representative authority should be organized by estates or by the nation.
Role range: 1789-1792
Rights Declaration Becomes Political Foundation
La Revelliere Lepeaux served in the Assembly as the Declaration of Rights established legal equality and national sovereignty as public principles.
Role range: 1789-1792
1790
Departmental Reorganization Reaches Western France
The replacement of old provinces with departments affected the region La Revelliere Lepeaux represented and advanced administrative uniformity.
Role range: 1789-1792
Revolutionary Church Reforms Divide Deputies
Legislation reorganizing the Catholic Church forced legislators including La Revelliere Lepeaux to confront a conflict between state sovereignty and religious authority.
Role range: 1789-1792
1791
Republican Debate
The Jacobin Club becomes a forum where doubts about monarchy and royal trust increasingly appear
Role range: 1789-1795
Republican Debate
The Jacobin Club becomes a forum where doubts about monarchy and royal trust increasingly appear.
Role range: 1789-1795
Constitutional Assembly Concludes Its Work
La Revelliere Lepeaux completed service during the first constitutional phase while France prepared to operate a limited monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1792
1792
Election to Republican National Convention
La Revelliere Lepeaux became a member of the National Convention, where political disputes over the direction of the republic intensified.
Role range: 1789-1792
Republican Transition Prompts Political Realignment
The end of the monarchy drew experienced constitutional deputies back into republican politics amid pressure from war and internal unrest.
Role range: 1789-1792
Resistance to Parisian Political Extremism
He became associated with deputies uneasy about domination by the most militant Parisian groups and the suppression of independent representatives.
Role range: 1789-1792
1793
Girondin Conflict Threatens Moderate Deputies
The arrest of Girondin leaders made La Revelliere Lepeauxs position politically hazardous as the Mountain tightened its control of the Convention.
Role range: 1793-1799
Withdrawal During Jacobin Ascendancy
La Revelliere Lepeaux withdrew from the center of revolutionary politics during the Terror, when the fate of moderate deputies was especially uncertain.
Role range: 1793-1799
1794
Thermidor Makes Political Return Possible
Robespierres fall changed the balance inside the Convention and reduced the danger faced by politicians previously associated with the moderate opposition.
Role range: 1793-1799
1795
Election to Council of Ancients
La Revelliere-Lepeaux was elected to the Council of Ancients as the constitutional institutions of the Directory replaced the Convention.
Role range: 1795-1799
Election to Directory
La Revelliere-Lepeaux was elected to the Executive Directory with an overwhelming vote in the Council of Ancients.
Role range: 1795-1799 – 1795-1799
Constitution of Year Three Debated
He participated in the political transition toward a bicameral legislature and a five member executive designed to prevent another concentration of power.
Role range: 1795-1799
Council Elects Lepeaux as Director
The Council of Ancients selected La Revelliere Lepeaux for a seat in the five member Directory, establishing his executive role under Year III.
Role range: 1795-1799
Directors Manage War Against Coalition
The new government continued directing armies on several fronts, and La Revelliere Lepeaux helped supervise a state that remained at war.
Role range: 1795-1799
Executive Directory Holds First Meeting
La Revelliere Lepeaux joined the inaugural deliberations of the Directory as the new government began operating separately from the legislative councils.
Role range: 1795-1799
Luxembourg Palace Becomes Executive Center
The Directors worked at the Luxembourg Palace, creating a visible institutional separation between executive business and parliamentary debate.
Role range: 1795-1799
Republican Executive Faces Fiscal Crisis
La Revelliere Lepeaux entered office amid unstable paper money and mounting military costs, making financial survival an immediate governing problem.
Role range: 1795-1799
Return to Convention Politics
La Revelliere Lepeaux resumed public prominence as Thermidorian deputies prepared a new constitution that separated legislative and executive authority.
Role range: 1795-1799
Selection for Council of Ancients
La Revelliere Lepeaux was chosen for the new upper legislative council before his elevation to the Directory later that year.
Role range: 1795-1799
1796
Congratulations after Italian Victories
La Revelliere-Lepeaux wrote to Josephine Bonaparte after the victories of Lonato and Castiglione and praised Napoleon's military success.
Role range: 1795-1799 – 1795-1799
President of Directory
La Revelliere-Lepeaux served as president of the Directory during the summer of 1796.
Role range: 1795-1799 – 1796-1796
Campaign Finance and Occupied Territories
Military contributions from territories entered by French armies became increasingly important to the government La Revelliere Lepeaux helped direct.
Role range: 1795-1799
First Directorial Presidency Begins
La Revelliere Lepeaux took a rotating term as president of the Directory in July, illustrating the constitutions attempt to prevent permanent executive leadership.
Role range: 1795-1799
Italian Victories Strengthen Republican Government
The French victories in northern Italy improved the Directorys prestige and gave the Directors new strategic opportunities beyond Frances borders.
Role range: 1795-1799
Legislative Relations Remain Uneasy
The constitutional separation between the councils and Directors made cooperation difficult when deputies criticized ministers and executive policy.
Role range: 1795-1799
Letter Praises Bonapartes Military Campaign
La Revelliere Lepeaux congratulated Josephine Bonaparte after French success at Lonato and Castiglione, acknowledging the generals growing importance.
Role range: 1795-1799
Republican Morality Becomes Governing Concern
La Revelliere Lepeaux increasingly considered civic instruction and public morality important to creating support for republican institutions.
Role range: 1795-1799
Suspicion of Royalist Political Clubs
The Director viewed monarchist activism and electioneering as possible threats to the republican system, especially as political opposition organized openly.
Role range: 1795-1799
1797
Support for Fructidor Coup
La Revelliere-Lepeaux helped drive the anti-royalist coup of 18 Fructidor after electoral gains threatened the republican Directory.
Role range: 1795-1799 – 1795-1799
Alliance With Barras and Rewbell
He cooperated with Barras and Rewbell in opposing the new legislative majority and preparing extraordinary action to preserve their political position.
Role range: 1795-1799
Anticlerical Measures Intensify
The victorious republican Directors renewed restrictions affecting nonjuring clergy and religious political activity, consistent with his anticlerical outlook.
Role range: 1795-1799
Civic Worship Promoted as Republican Alternative
Theophilanthropic services combined ethical instruction and simple ceremonies, which he hoped would provide a public alternative to established confessional divisions.
Role range: 1795-1799
Conflict Over Refractory Priests Deepens
La Revelliere Lepeaux opposed attempts to ease restrictions on nonjuring clergy because he regarded clerical royalism as a threat to republican government.
Role range: 1795-1799
Records, sources and methodology
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