Explore 592 historical events and records for France in 1791.
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Brissot presented war as a way to expose internal enemies and defend the revolutionary nation. Robespierre and other critics warned that armies might not spread liberty as easily as war advocates supposed.
Carnot joined the Legislative Assembly's military committee and became influential in questions of army organization.
Carnot challenged a model of absolute passive obedience and argued for reasoned military obedience away from the battlefield.
Brissot and allied members argue that war can spread revolutionary principles and expose internal enemies
Brissot and allied members argue that war can spread revolutionary principles and expose internal enemies.
Brissot advocated military confrontation as a means of defending and spreading revolutionary principles. Robespierre replied that war could empower generals and damage liberty at home.
Uses the crisis to question whether France can safely retain Louis XVI as king
Uses the crisis to question whether France can safely retain Louis XVI as king.
Uses the royal flight to intensify pressure against the monarchy
Uses the royal flight to intensify pressure against the monarchy.
Denounces the attempted royal flight as evidence of court hostility to the Revolution
Denounces the attempted royal flight as evidence of court hostility to the Revolution.
Flees after the collapse of the royal escape plan
Flees after the collapse of the royal escape plan.
Attacks the king's veto and supports stronger popular pressure after the Varennes crisis
Attacks the king's veto and supports stronger popular pressure after the Varennes crisis.
Andre Massena Essling, Duke was appointed adjutant-major of the second battalion of volunteers of the Var.
Appointed adjutant-major of the second battalion of volunteers of the Var
Participates in Jacobin politics and local National Guard activity in Corsica
Participates in Jacobin politics and local National Guard activity in Corsica.
Publishes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen
Publishes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
Elected to the Legislative Assembly for Pas-de-Calais
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Pas-de-Calais.
The Jacobin Club adopts the name Society of the Friends of the Constitution sitting at the Jacobins in Paris
Addresses her declaration to Marie Antoinette
Olympe Gouges addressed her declaration to Marie Antoinette.
Appointed Minister of Marine under Louis XVI
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre opposed Brissotin arguments for revolutionary war.
Opposes Brissotin arguments for revolutionary war
Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud supported the emerging Girondin argument for war against counter-revolutionary powers.
Supports the emerging Girondin argument for war against counter-revolutionary powers
Rochambeau received command of the northern field army as France reorganized its military forces amid increasing tension along the Austrian Netherlands frontier.
Carnot assessed weaknesses in inherited military arrangements as France's revolutionary legislature faced growing strategic uncertainty.
Brissot argued that armed emigres receiving protection abroad posed a danger that constitutional government could not safely ignore.
Brissot entered the new legislature and used parliamentary debate to press his views on foreign threats and revolutionary security.
The National Guard's shootings of petitioners generated bitter recriminations. Desmoulins viewed the use of armed force against demonstrators as a warning about constitutional moderation.
National Guards fired on petitioners at the Champ de Mars, and Danton's political associates faced heightened pressure after the bloodshed.
The constitutional and refractory divide influenced local elections and public trust, with Gregoire defending sworn clergy against claims of illegitimacy.
Mayor Bailly approved a declaration of martial law as protesters demanded action after the king's flight. National Guard gunfire at the Champ de Mars severely damaged confidence in his administration.
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