1790 in History

Louis XVI's monarchy lost the legal framework of hereditary nobility titles when the Assembly abolished them.

Leads celebrations & oath taking in memory of the 1st yr of the fall of the Bastille

Leads celebrations and oath taking in memory of the 1st yr of the fall of the Bastille.

Talleyrand took the oath required by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

Louis XVI received the Assembly's Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which reorganized the Catholic Church in France.

Louis XVI allowed publication of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy despite serious religious and political reservations.

Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed by the Constituent Assembly

Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed by the Constituent Assembly.

Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church

Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church.

Louis XVI confronted the Assembly's decree requiring clergy to swear loyalty to the constitutional church settlement.

Louis XVI sanctioned legislation requiring constitutional oaths from clergy, deepening the religious division created by revolutionary reforms.

Forced to witness the National Assembly abolish the nobility

Forced to witness the National Assembly abolish the nobility.

Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed by the Constituent Assembly

Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church

Desmoulins joined the Cordeliers Club under Danton's presidency and became prominent in radical political journalism.

Writes the libretto for Mozart's Cosi fan tutte.

Cosi fan tutte premieres at the Burgtheater.

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed the Guillotin as a "humane" method of execution to the Constituent Assembly.

Proposes the Guillotin as a "humane" method of execution to the Constituent Assembly

Louis XVI swore publicly to uphold the law and the constitutional settlement during the Festival of the Federation.

Beauharnais personally joined preparations at the Champ de Mars for the Festival of the Federation.

Louis XVI attended the Festival of the Federation, a national ceremony intended to display unity around the Revolution and constitutional monarchy.

Talleyrand celebrated Mass at the Festival of the Federation before the king, deputies and National Guards.

Lafayette administered the National Guard oath during the Festival of the Federation at the Champ de Mars.

Proposes the Guillotin as a "humane" method of execution to the Constituent Assembly

Barras joined the Jacobin political movement as his support for the Revolution became more radical.

The Society of the Friends of the Constitution becomes widely known as the Jacobin Club from its meeting place in the former Jacobin convent

The Society of the Friends of the Constitution becomes widely known as the Jacobin Club from its meeting place in the former Jacobin convent.

The Jacobin Club expands its influence through speeches correspondence and affiliated societies

The Jacobin Club expands its influence through speeches correspondence and affiliated societies.

Talleyrand urged clergy in his diocese to take the constitutional oath after he had sworn it himself.

Barnave was elected mayor of Grenoble while remaining an influential deputy in the National Assembly.

Forced to witness the National Assembly abolish the nobility

Brissot uses club debate and journalism to promote revolutionary reform and a more assertive foreign policy

Brissot uses club debate and journalism to promote revolutionary reform and a more assertive foreign policy.

Petion and other members debate constitutional monarchy representation and popular sovereignty within the club

Petion and other members debate constitutional monarchy representation and popular sovereignty within the club.

The Assembly chose Barnave to chair its proceedings for a term beginning in late October 1790.

Deputies selected Petion to chair the Assembly for a term beginning in December 1790.

The Assembly selected Sieyes for its presidency while constitutional drafting continued.

Talleyrand became president of the National Assembly while supporting major institutional reforms.

Sieyes presented a report on press offences as the Assembly debated the limits of political expression.

Affiliated Jacobin societies begin linking Parisian politics with provincial revolutionary opinion

Affiliated Jacobin societies begin linking Parisian politics with provincial revolutionary opinion.

Louis XVI declared support for constitutional reform and urged unity between the monarchy, the Assembly and the nation.

Radical newspapers help spread arguments also heard in the Jacobin and Cordelier political circles

Radical newspapers help spread arguments also heard in the Jacobin and Cordelier political circles.

Leads the rebellion of the Bounty

Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church

Assignats become legal tender

Assignats become legal tender.

Louis XVI appeared before the Constituent Assembly and publicly affirmed his intention to support the emerging constitutional order.

The constitutional settlement provided Louis XVI with a civil list to finance the royal household under the new political system.

Captures the Turkish fortess of Ismail at the mouth of the Danube

Wilberforce succeedes in gaining approval for a Parliamentary select committee to consider the slave trade and to examine the vast quantity of evidence which he put forward

Robespierre argues against property qualifications and gains support among radical democrats in the club

Robespierre argues against property qualifications and gains support among radical democrats in the club.

Barnave argued against giving the king a decisive role in the constitutional power to make war and peace.

Birth of Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach