Divorce Legalized in France
The legislature legalized divorce, making marriage a dissoluble civil relationship and changing family law beyond the framework of Catholic doctrine.
Role range: 1789-1799
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Jerome Petion Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Jerome Petion through 51 dated historical records for France.
Jerome Petion, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
51Distinct records
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1792–1793Years on this page
1792
Opening Session of the National Convention
Jerome Petion presided over the Convention's first session as elected delegates replaced the Legislative Assembly and began debating the future government of France.
Role range: 1789-1799
Paris Sections Demand Action Against Crown
The Parisian sections exerted pressure on Mayor Petion and the municipality to move against Louis XVI. Their radicalization exposed conflict between legal city authorities and neighborhood assemblies.
Role range: 1789-1792
Paris Sections Press for Royal Deposition
Petion received escalating demands from sections demanding the king's removal as popular activists lost faith in constitutional monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1799
Dismissal
Dismissed as Mayor, reducing patriot influence in Paris
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1791-1792
Dismissal
Dismissed as Mayor, reducing patriot influence in Paris.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1791-1792
June demonstration enters the Tuileries
During the demonstration of 20 June, large crowds pressed into the royal palace. Pétion's municipal government faced criticism for failing to prevent direct pressure on the king.
Role range: 1789-1792
Paris mayor faces confrontation over royal vetoes
Pétion governed amid mounting anger over Louis XVI's vetoes and dismissed ministers. The municipality had to manage crowds increasingly unwilling to accept constitutional compromise.
Role range: 1789-1792
Pétion's mayoralty continues under altered Commune
Although the uprising overturned the legal municipal council, Pétion retained public prominence as mayor. The coexistence of nominal municipal office and revolutionary section power showed the instability of local authority.
Role range: 1789-1792
Revised provisional Commune council takes office
The insurrectionary body was reconstituted late in the year under pressure to regularize city administration. These changes limited the independence of the original August commissioners.
Role range: 1789-1792
1793
Bailly prosecuted under the Terror: Earlier municipal rivalry revisited
Petion had succeeded Bailly as mayor after the public backlash against the Champ de Mars massacre. Bailly's later prosecution emphasized the enduring political memory of the event even as the Revolution entered a more violent phase.
Role range: 1793-1799
Records, sources and methodology
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