Honore Gabriel Mirabeau Biography

Mirabeau protests suppression of his Journal des Etats Generaux and argues for freedom of the press.

Mirabeau protested the suppression of his Journal des Etats Generaux and defended freedom of the press.

Mirabeau proposed talks with the clergy to encourage union with the Third Estate during the verification dispute.

Mirabeau takes part in revolutionary political discussion while the Breton Club attracts wider national attention

Mirabeau takes part in revolutionary political discussion while the Breton Club attracts wider national attention.

Mirabeau supported Sieyes's proposal that the verified deputies constitute themselves as representatives of the nation.

Mirabeau resisted the royal order to disperse after the Royal Session, symbolizing the Assembly's refusal to retreat.

Mirabeau demanded the withdrawal of troops concentrated around Paris and Versailles during the escalating July crisis.

Mirabeau called for the dismissal of ministers associated with the royal military concentration around Paris.

Deputies strongly contest the committee's proposed synthesis, forcing the Assembly to seek another drafting basis.

The Assembly appoints a five-member committee to compare the submitted declaration projects and prepare a common text.

Mirabeau presents the committee's synthesis of the submitted rights projects to the Assembly.

The Assembly adopts most provisions of the Sixth Bureau project as the immediate basis for article-by-article debate.

The Constituent Assembly begins voting on the declaration article by article.

Article 13 requires public taxation to be distributed among citizens according to their ability to contribute.

Article 7 rejects accusation, arrest or detention except in cases and forms established by law.

The Assembly completes the article-by-article voting that produces the seventeen-article declaration.

The preamble describes the declaration as a statement of natural, inalienable and sacred rights intended to guide government and citizens.

Mirabeau was chosen for the administration of the Paris department while remaining a major constitutional figure.

Elected president of the National Assembly

Honore Gabriel Mirabeau was elected president of the National Assembly.

Dies in Paris, weakening moderate constitutional monarchy politics

Dies in Paris, weakening moderate constitutional monarchy politics.

Mirabeau received a major public funeral and was interred in the newly designated Pantheon after his death.