Fall of the French Monarchy in 1792

As mayor of Paris, Petion tried to limit the crowd invasion of the Tuileries during the demonstration of 20 June.

Georges Jacques Danton organized the rising that overthrows the monarchy.

Barras supported the revolutionary movement that overthrew the monarchy during the August insurrection.

Desmoulins worked with Danton and militants of the Theatre-Francais district during the insurrection against the monarchy.

The Tuileries is stormed by the Paris mob, Lafayette surrenders to Austria.

The fall of the monarchy after the insurrection of 10 August strengthens radical clubs and sections in Paris.

Danton became minister of justice after the overthrow of the monarchy during the August insurrection.

Napoleon witnessed the revolutionary crisis surrounding the assault on the Tuileries while he was in Paris.

Danton appointed Desmoulins as a secretary in the Ministry of Justice after the August insurrection.

At the National Convention argues successfully for immediate abolition of the monarchy.

The National Convention abolishes monarchy and Jacobin deputies become central to republican politics.

The new French Republic creates a political setting in which the Jacobin Club becomes more openly republican.

The 1st session of the National Convention abolishes the monarchy.

1st session of the National Convention abolishes the monarchy.

Olympe de Gouges aligned herself with moderate Girondin politics after the fall of the monarchy.

In the National Convention demands the abolition of the Monarchy.