Follow Antoine-Joseph Santerre through 20 dated historical records for France.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
Antoine-Joseph Santerre became prominent among the armed activists of the Paris sections. Their growing influence challenged the National Guard's earlier association with prosperous constitutional monarchists.
Role range: 1789-1792
An armed procession entered the Tuileries to demand changes in royal policy. Santerre was associated with the popular movement that tested the guard's ability to maintain order.
Role range: 1789-1792
Armed men from radical Paris sections increasingly rejected commanders associated with the constitutional monarchy. Santerre emerged among leaders who connected local militia organization with insurrectionary politics.
Role range: 1789-1792
Volunteer detachments arriving in Paris broadened the armed movement opposed to Louis XVI. Santerre's section politics developed amid the influx of federes and rising insurrectionary pressure.
Role range: 1789-1792
Federates and other volunteers joined armed political networks in Paris during the summer emergency. Their arrival strengthened groups demanding the removal of Louis XVI.
Role range: 1789-1792
Santerre was associated with revolutionary National Guard battalions that supported the overthrow of the monarchy. The insurrection exposed opposing political commitments within forces nominally charged with keeping order.
Role range: 1789-1792
Units assigned to defend the Tuileries faced conflicting loyalties when the August insurrection began. Santerre and other militants backed the revolutionary movement rather than the palace command.
Role range: 1789-1792
The fall of Louis XVI transformed the balance of authority within the Paris National Guard. Santerre's prominence reflected the growing power of sections that supported the new republican order.
Role range: 1789-1792
Following the August victory Santerre rose in the command of the Paris National Guard. Leadership increasingly passed from constitutional moderates to figures associated with the revolutionary sections.
Role range: 1789-1792
After the monarchy's suspension, National Guard units were involved in security around the former royal family. Santerre's command embodied the new relationship between armed citizens and republican authority.
Role range: 1789-1792
As coalition armies approached, Parisian citizen units supported security and recruitment measures. Santerre operated in a capital fearing invasion and counterrevolution.
Role range: 1789-1792
After the monarchy fell, armed units helped enforce the detention of the royal household. The security arrangements made citizen soldiers participants in the Republic's treatment of its former rulers.
Role range: 1789-1792
Parisian units faced a nervous city during news of Coalition advances and fears of internal treachery. Their security duties brought together military readiness and highly politicized neighborhood policing.
Role range: 1789-1792
Parisian armed forces carried out security duties as the former king faced the National Convention. Santerre's command was linked to the coercive authority replacing the constitutional monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1792
Santerre helped represent a more militant current within the capital's armed citizens. Pressure from the sections increasingly challenged constitutional limits on demonstrations and political intervention.
Role range: 1789-1792
Santerre was responsible for military security during the execution of Louis XVI. Guard formations protected the procession and sought to deter attempts at intervention.
Role range: 1793-1799
Santerre supervised National Guard forces assigned to maintain order when Louis XVI was executed. The deployment helped demonstrate the republic's control over the capital.
Role range: 1793-1799
Food shortages and inflation led crowds to demand stricter controls and relief. Armed civic units confronted demonstrators whose political support had previously helped empower revolutionary authorities.
Role range: 1793-1799
Guard battalions became important to the struggle between Girondin deputies and militant Paris sections. The political orientation of commanders shaped the balance between street mobilization and the Convention.
Role range: 1793-1799
Armed citizen units faced demonstrations driven by scarcity and soaring prices. Santerre's Guard had to contend with demands from the same popular sections that had helped bring it to power.
Role range: 1793-1799
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