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Honore Gabriel Mirabeau Biography and Timeline

Follow Honore Gabriel Mirabeau through 36 dated historical records for France.

Honore Gabriel Mirabeau, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1789

Mirabeau draws on rising constitutional debate

Political writer · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau entered the political field in which Sieyes's challenge to privilege rapidly gained importance. The debate over sieyes publishes what is the third estate demonstrated why electoral rules and parliamentary procedure mattered to constitutional reform.

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau enters commoner delegation

Third Estate deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau represented the Third Estate despite his noble origin and quickly became a major parliamentary speaker. The consequences of estates general opens at menus plaisirs helped redefine the place of the three orders in French public life.

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau enters national parliamentary arena

Third Estate deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau attended as a commoner deputy despite noble ancestry, illustrating the political crossing of estate boundaries. The consequences of estates general opens in menus plaisirs hall reached well beyond the palace and its neighbouring legislative chambers.

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau presses urgency of representation crisis

Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau helped transform disputes about credentials into open questions of political authority. The consequences of verification of credentials stalls helped redefine the place of the three orders in French public life.

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau presses for effective common deliberation

Third Estate deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau supported the movement to turn a procedural conflict into a claim of national legislative authority. The consequences of deputies contest verification by estate reached well beyond the palace and its neighbouring legislative chambers.

Role range: 1789-1792

Press Freedom Protest

Count · Deputy of Third Estate · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Press Freedom Protest

Count · Deputy of Third Estate · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau encourages dialogue with clergy

Third Estate deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau advocated communication with clerical representatives to win support for common deliberation. The clerical union negotiations continue formed part of the transition from estate-based consultation toward claims of national sovereignty.

Role range: 1789-1792

Conference with Clergy

Count · Deputy of Third Estate · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Support for National Representatives

Count · Deputy of Third Estate · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau joins constitutional challenge to crown

Assembly deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau's prominence helped the representatives establish their claim to independent deliberation. The consequences of third estate proclaims national assembly reached well beyond the palace and its neighbouring legislative chambers.

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau supports break with voting by order

Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau backed the deputies' assertion that the country required one national representative legislature. The consequences of estates general effectively becomes assembly helped redefine the place of the three orders in French public life.

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau resists instruction to disperse

Assembly orator · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau became identified with the deputies' refusal to abandon their work following royal orders. This development concerning royal session challenges national deputies exposed the limits of the old regime's political arrangements.

Role range: 1789-1792

Royal Session Defiance

Count · Deputy of Third Estate · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Club Breton

Deputy of Third Estate · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1795

Club Breton

Deputy of Third Estate · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1795

Troop Withdrawal Demand

Count · Deputy of Third Estate · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau helps entrench constituent authority

Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau continued participating as a deputy in a body now claiming the power to design a constitution. This development concerning national assembly claims constituent power exposed the limits of the old regime's political arrangements.

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau presses concerns over royal troops

Assembly deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau criticized the concentration of soldiers near Paris and Versailles as a threat to representatives. This development concerning bastille news transforms palace politics exposed the limits of the old regime's political arrangements.

Role range: 1789-1792

Ministerial Dismissal Demand

Count · Deputy of Third Estate · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Sixth Bureau Text Becomes Main Drafting Base

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Article by Article Rights Voting Begins

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau participates in rights deliberations

Assembly deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

Mirabeau was among the prominent speakers as deputies settled principles of liberty and legal equality. This development concerning declaration of rights completed exposed the limits of the old regime's political arrangements.

Role range: 1789-1792

Article 13 Equal Contribution to Public Expenses

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Article 7 Protection from Arbitrary Arrest

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Article by Article Rights Voting Completed

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Declaration Preamble Defines Natural Sacred Rights

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Committee Declaration Synthesis Contested

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Five-Deputy Rights Committee Established

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Mirabeau Presents Committee Rights Synthesis

Count · Deputy · Versailles · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

1791

Paris Department Administration

Count · Deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

President of National Assembly

Count · President of the National Assembly · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Elected president of the National Assembly

Role range: 1789-1792 – 1791

President of National Assembly

Count · President of the National Assembly · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Honore Gabriel Mirabeau was elected president of the National Assembly.

Role range: 1789-1792 – 1791

Death of Honore Gabriel Mirabeau

Count · Deputy and constitutional monarchist · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Dies in Paris, weakening moderate constitutional monarchy politics

Role range: 1789-1792 – 1791

Death of Honore Gabriel Mirabeau

Count · Deputy and constitutional monarchist · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Dies in Paris, weakening moderate constitutional monarchy politics.

Role range: 1789-1792 – 1791

Pantheon Funeral

Count · Deputy · Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Role range: 1789-1792

Records, sources and methodology

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