1 January 1779
Education
Enters the College of Autun
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Autun in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Enters the College of Autun
Appointed Bishop of Autun, a bishopric that is something of a family possession
Talleyrand was elected as a clergy deputy for Autun to the Estates General.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord Benevente proposed to issue assignats to be payed for by the confiscation of Church property.
Proposes to issue assignats to be payed for by the confiscation of Church property
Assignats become legal tender
Assignats become legal tender.
Talleyrand urged clergy in his diocese to take the constitutional oath after he had sworn it himself.
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