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Aftermath of Varennes

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

8Records
1791Date range
4Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1791

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre21 June 1791

Jacobin Club · Revolution / Revolution of France

Argues that the king's flight exposes a grave crisis of trust in the monarchy

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre21 June 1791

Jacobin Club · Revolution / Revolution of France

Argues that the king's flight exposes a grave crisis of trust in the monarchy.

Jacques Pierre Brissot6 1791

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Uses the crisis to question whether France can safely retain Louis XVI as king

Jacques Pierre Brissot6 1791

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Uses the crisis to question whether France can safely retain Louis XVI as king.

Georges Jacques Danton6 1791

Cordeliers Club · Revolution / Revolution of France

Uses the royal flight to intensify pressure against the monarchy

Georges Jacques Danton6 1791

Cordeliers Club · Revolution / Revolution of France

Uses the royal flight to intensify pressure against the monarchy.

Jean-Paul Marat6 1791

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Denounces the attempted royal flight as evidence of court hostility to the Revolution

Jean-Paul Marat6 1791

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Denounces the attempted royal flight as evidence of court hostility to the Revolution.

Names involved

Georges Jacques DantonJacques Pierre BrissotJean-Paul MaratMaximilien Francois Marie Robespierre

Provenance

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