Defection
5 out of the 6 battalions had deserted and were prominent in the attack on the Bastille.
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July
Demonstrations
A "citizens militia" overuns the Invalides & takes 32,000 muskets to keep order
Demonstrations
A "citizens militia" overuns the Invalides and takes 32,000 muskets to keep order.
Dissolution of Army
The Army dissolves itself
Dissolution of Army
The Army dissolves itself.
Lafayette moves toward citizen-guard leadership
The July crisis created the circumstances in which Lafayette would command the Paris National Guard. The consequences of bastille news transforms palace politics reached well beyond the palace and its neighbouring legislative chambers.
Louis XVI faces collapse of coercive confidence
The capture of the Bastille revealed that military preparations could not easily restore royal control. The bastille news transforms palace politics made Versailles a focal point in the struggle over royal and representative authority.
Mirabeau presses concerns over royal troops
Mirabeau criticized the concentration of soldiers near Paris and Versailles as a threat to representatives. This development concerning bastille news transforms palace politics exposed the limits of the old regime's political arrangements.
National Guard
The National Guard, a citizens militia, is formed which wears the tricolour cockade
National Guard
The National Guard, a citizens militia, is formed which wears the tricolour cockade.
Paris Municipal Council
Brissot entered the first Paris municipal council during the political transformation following the Bastille's fall.
Siege of Bastille
Takes part in the capture of the Bastille
Siege of Bastille
The Parisians storm the Bastille
Siege of Bastille
The fall of the Bastille is followed by a mass uproar spreading from Paris to the countryside, Noble families are attacked and aristocratic manors are burned to the ground. The Bastille surrenders to the "citizens militia"
Siege of Invalides
A "citizens militia" overuns the Invalides & takes 32,000 muskets to keep order
Storming of Bastille alters political program
The fall of the Bastille transformed the political conditions in which Brissot published. He interpreted popular mobilization as a force that could defend reforms against royal resistance.
Storming of the Bastille
Barras participated in the revolutionary events surrounding the storming of the Bastille in Paris.
Bailly accepts Paris mayoralty
The Paris electors chose Bailly as the city's first mayor after the collapse of the old municipal administration. His appointment gave revolutionary Paris a prominent civilian figure at the head of government.
Bailly supervises transition at Hotel de Ville
Paris's Hôtel de Ville became the seat of a municipality formed during the July upheaval. Bailly's installation there signalled a break from the older royal municipal hierarchy.
Lafayette selected as National Guard chief
Paris electors chose Lafayette to lead the newly established militia in the aftermath of the Bastille's fall. His reputation from the American War of Independence lent prestige to the citizen force.
Royal Troop Withdrawal
Louis XVI announced the withdrawal of troops from the Paris region after the fall of the Bastille transformed the political situation.
Bailly takes charge of municipal transition
Bailly faced the practical task of replacing institutions discredited by the July uprising. The new municipality had to coordinate public order, supplies and relations with the National Guard.
Bastille Demolition Order
As commander of the Paris National Guard, Lafayette ordered the demolition of the captured Bastille.
Ministerial Dismissal Demand
Mirabeau called for the dismissal of ministers associated with the royal military concentration around Paris.
Siege of Bastille
Forced to reinstate Neckar after the fall of the Bastille
Bailly coordinates National Guard leadership
Bailly worked alongside Lafayette, who commanded the new citizen militia. Their offices embodied an attempt to balance civil authority with armed defence of the Revolution.
Bailly mediates royal symbolism and city autonomy
The public reception of Louis XVI required the newly independent municipality to acknowledge a monarch whose authority it had just constrained. Bailly performed this delicate ceremonial role as mayor.
Bailly presents civic tricolour symbolism
The new Paris leadership used the city's colours together with the royal white to symbolize political reconciliation. Bailly's reception of the king associated the municipality with the emerging national cockade.
Bailly receives king at Hotel de Ville
Bailly formally welcomed Louis XVI to Paris after the Bastille's fall. The encounter symbolized the king's need to recognize the political authority claimed by the revolutionary municipality.
Commander of National Guard
Appointed Commander of the National Guard by Louis XVI
Commander of National Guard
Lafayette was appointed Commander of the National Guard by Louis XVI.
Commander of National Guard
Appointed Commander of the National Guard by Louis XVI
King visits Paris under armed civic escort
Louis XVI visited Paris and accepted the tricolor cockade as the new city authorities asserted control. Lafayette's Guard helped stage the visit as reconciliation between king and capital.
Mayor Receives Monarch at City Hall
Bailly welcomed Louis XVI at the city hall after the Bastille uprising and publicly confirmed the new municipal leadership. The encounter gave the revolutionaries an important gesture of royal recognition.
National Guard
The National Guard is commanded by Lafayette. Announces the creation of the National Guard formed from the "citizens militia"
National Guard
The National Guard is commanded by Lafayette. Announces the creation of the National Guard formed from the "citizens militia".
Reception of Louis XVI
As mayor of Paris, Bailly formally received Louis XVI at the Hotel de Ville after the fall of the Bastille.
Royal Visit to Paris
Louis XVI visited Paris after the fall of the Bastille and publicly accepted the authority of the new municipal leadership.
Tricolour Cockade
Appears at the Hotel de Ville wearing the Red & Blue of Paris & the Bourbon White
Tricolour Cockade
Appears at the Hotel de Ville wearing the Red and Blue of Paris and the Bourbon White.
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