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Civil Constitution of Clergy Adopted

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

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1790Date range
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Chronological records

1790

Louis XVI12 July 1790

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

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

Names involved

Louis XVI

Provenance

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