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Parliament

France · Government / Government of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1641–1783Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1641

Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu1641

Paris · Government / Government of France

Forbids Parliament to take part in the affairs of State

1771

Rene Nicolas Charles de Maupeou1771

Paris · Government / Government of France

Overthrows the Paris Parlement & replaces it with smaller & more limited courts

1783

Louis XVI17 July 1783

Besancon · Government / Government of France

The Parliament at Besancon demands that the Estates General be convened

Names involved

Armand Jean du Plessis de RichelieuLouis XVIRene Nicolas Charles de Maupeou

Provenance

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