Follow Gilbert du Motier Lafayette through 39 dated historical records for France.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
Lafayette participated in the reformist politics that helped make the Estates General a vehicle for constitutional hopes. The debate over committee of thirty debates electoral reform demonstrated why electoral rules and parliamentary procedure mattered to constitutional reform.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette's election as a noble deputy gave reformers a prominent supporter within the privileged order. The lafayette elected noble deputy formed part of the transition from estate-based consultation toward claims of national sovereignty.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette submitted a draft declaration intended to guide the constitution through statements of natural and civil rights. The lafayette presents rights declaration project made Versailles a focal point in the struggle over royal and representative authority.
Role range: 1789-1792
The July crisis created the circumstances in which Lafayette would command the Paris National Guard. The consequences of bastille news transforms palace politics reached well beyond the palace and its neighbouring legislative chambers.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette and the new Paris authorities promoted the tricolour cockade combining Parisian and royal colours when Louis XVI visited city hall. It became an enduring emblem of the Revolution.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette's earlier proposal helped shape the broad discussion that produced the seventeen-article declaration. The declaration of rights completed made Versailles a focal point in the struggle over royal and representative authority.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette accompanied armed Parisian forces to the palace in an attempt to preserve order. The consequences of bread march reaches royal residence reached well beyond the palace and its neighbouring legislative chambers.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette's guards helped accompany the royal family during the difficult return to Paris. The consequences of royal family compelled to leave palace reached well beyond the palace and its neighbouring legislative chambers.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette coordinated with city officials as the citizen militia developed into the Paris National Guard. Armed security increasingly depended on cooperation between the municipal authorities and elected officers.
Role range: 1789-1792
The new city government cooperated with Lafayette in organizing armed citizens into a National Guard. This force was expected to protect property and public order while recognizing revolutionary change.
Role range: 1789-1792
Municipal officials worked with Lafayette's National Guard to organize the Festival of the Federation. The celebration expressed an attempt to unite Paris and the provinces under constitutional government.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette commands the National Guard responsible for watching the royal family at the Tuileries
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette commands the National Guard responsible for watching the royal family at the Tuileries.
Role range: 1789-1792
Commands the National Guard responsible for watching the royal family at the Tuileries
Role range: 1789-1792
Commands the National Guard responsible for watching the royal family at the Tuileries.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette sends orders and faces accusations after the royal family escapes from his guard
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette sends orders and faces accusations after the royal family escapes from his guard.
Role range: 1789-1792
Gilbert du Motier Lafayette figured in events surrounding lafayette confronts escaped king crisis at Paris. The escape threatened his credibility as guarantor of the constitutional order. The crisis intensified the divide between constitutional monarchists and activists who doubted that the king could be trusted.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette commanded the National Guard responsible for security in Paris when the royal family disappeared. The escape threatened his credibility as guarantor of the constitutional order.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette restores strict guard arrangements around the royal family after their return
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette restores strict guard arrangements around the royal family after their return.
Role range: 1789-1792
Gilbert du Motier Lafayette figured in events surrounding guard strengthened at tuileries at Paris. The monarchy now functioned under close revolutionary supervision. The incident revealed how policing, local officials and transport delays could defeat the royal escape plan.
Role range: 1789-1792
After the royal family's return, Lafayette's National Guard was involved in arrangements for guarding the king at the Tuileries. The monarchy now functioned under close revolutionary supervision.
Role range: 1789-1792
Restores strict guard arrangements around the royal family after their return
Role range: 1789-1792
Restores strict guard arrangements around the royal family after their return.
Role range: 1789-1792
Gilbert du Motier Lafayette figured in events surrounding champ de mars demonstration suppressed at Champ de Mars. The resulting bloodshed exposed the deep political divisions produced by the Varennes crisis. The crisis intensified the divide between constitutional monarchists and activists who doubted that the king could be trusted.
Role range: 1789-1792
National Guards under Lafayette confronted a crowd petitioning against the monarchy at the Champ de Mars. The resulting bloodshed exposed the deep political divisions produced by the Varennes crisis.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette's armed suppression of the crowd widened hostility between constitutional moderates and radical clubs. The controversy surrounding champ de mars shooting triggers repression influenced the changing balance among revolutionary factions.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette's forces dispersed a republican demonstration with deadly force. The episode exposed the risk of employing the municipality's armed support against revolutionary citizens.
Role range: 1789-1792
Gilbert du Motier Lafayette figured in events surrounding lafayette leaves french army at Paris. His departure highlighted the rupture between the Revolution's earlier moderate leadership and the new regime. Its immediate significance was to transfer authority away from the crown toward revolutionary institutions.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette abandoned his command and fled after the fall of the monarchy made his constitutional position untenable. His departure highlighted the rupture between the Revolution's earlier moderate leadership and the new regime.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lafayette failed to mobilize decisive support for action against the Jacobins, demonstrating his declining political influence in the capital.
Role range: 1789-1799
Lafayette appeared before the legislature and criticized radical clubs, provoking a confrontation between army leadership and parliamentary opinion.
Role range: 1789-1799
Lafayette became commander of the Army of the North and tried to balance wartime duties with loyalty to constitutional monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1799
Lafayette cancelled a projected advance after the failures of neighboring French columns. The retreating troops demonstrated the difficulty of coordinating a large offensive in revolutionary conditions.
Role range: 1789-1792
The fall of the monarchy destroyed Lafayette's political position, and his attempted flight ended in detention by Austrian forces.
Role range: 1789-1799
Lafayette publicly criticized Jacobin political pressure, provoking deep suspicion of a general whose troops were needed against foreign enemies.
Role range: 1789-1799
Resumes command of the Paris National Guard during the July Revolution.
Publicly supports Louis Philippe as a constitutional alternative to Charles X.
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