1 February 1787LeaveNapoleon I
Takes leave to Corsica
Historical records for France in 1787, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Takes leave to Corsica
Louis XVI opened the Assembly of Notables to seek support for fiscal reforms intended to address the monarchy's worsening financial crisis.
Dismissed due to failure of finance reforms
Louis XVI dismissed Charles Alexandre de Calonne after opposition to the comptroller-general's proposed fiscal reforms intensified.
Louis XVI dismissed the Assembly of Notables after it refused to endorse the government's principal taxation proposals.
Louis XVI ordered the Parlement of Paris into exile at Troyes during the conflict over registering new fiscal measures.
Joins his regiment at Douai
Dismissed after failing to reform taxes & convening a hostile Assembly of Notables
Louis XVI held a royal session of the Parlement of Paris as the crown sought registration of new loans to stabilize state finances.
For every degree rise in celcius gas expands proportionately from 0 degrees
An Edict granting religious freedom & legal status to French Protestants
Appointed Trooper with the cavalry to escape creditors
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