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Jean-Baptiste Sauce Biography and Timeline

Follow Jean-Baptiste Sauce through 10 dated historical records for France.

Jean-Baptiste Sauce, historical timeline

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1791–1791Years on this page

1791

Royal party brought into town - Political significance

Local municipal officer · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jean-Baptiste Sauce figured in events surrounding royal party brought into town at Varennes. The local response prevented an immediate continuation toward Bouille's troops. The crisis intensified the divide between constitutional monarchists and activists who doubted that the king could be trusted.

Role range: 1789-1792

Royal party brought into town

Local municipal officer · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Sauce accommodated and supervised the detained travelers while their identity was investigated. The local response prevented an immediate continuation toward Bouille's troops.

Role range: 1789-1792

Varennes barricade stops carriage - Impact on the royal family

Local municipal officer · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jean-Baptiste Sauce figured in events surrounding varennes barricade stops carriage at Varennes. Municipal officer Sauce became involved in overseeing the situation once the party was halted. It left Louis XVI and his relatives subject to closer political supervision and damaged the prestige of the court.

Role range: 1789-1792

Varennes barricade stops carriage

Local municipal officer · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Residents and local officials stopped the royal travelers before they could continue through Varennes. Municipal officer Sauce became involved in overseeing the situation once the party was halted.

Role range: 1789-1792

Arrest of Jean-Baptiste Sauce

Municipal Officer · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Sauce receives the detained travellers in Varennes while local officials decide whether they are the royal family

Role range: 1789-1792

Arrest of Jean-Baptiste Sauce

Municipal Officer · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Sauce receives the detained travellers in Varennes while local officials decide whether they are the royal family.

Role range: 1789-1792

Detention

Municipal Officer · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Sauce keeps the royal party under local supervision while messengers and guards gather in the town

Role range: 1789-1792

Detention

Municipal Officer · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Sauce keeps the royal party under local supervision while messengers and guards gather in the town.

Role range: 1789-1792

Detention

Municipal Officer · Municipal officer at Varennes · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Keeps the royal party under local supervision while guards and messengers gather

Role range: 1789-1792

Detention

Municipal Officer · Municipal officer at Varennes · Varennes · Revolution / Revolution of France

Keeps the royal party under local supervision while guards and messengers gather.

Role range: 1789-1792

Records, sources and methodology

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