Abolition of Monarchy
The 1st session of the National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
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Citizen Louis Capet
After abolition of the monarchy, revolutionary authorities increasingly referred to the former Louis XVI as Louis Capet.
Jacobin Club
Renamed to the Societe des Jacobins, amis de la liberte et de legalite
Monarchy abolished by Convention
The newly assembled National Convention formally abolished the monarchy in September following the August insurrection. The earlier suspension of Louis XVI thereby became a definitive change in the French state.
Monarchy abolished by Convention - Historical significance
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud figured in events surrounding monarchy abolished by convention at Paris. The earlier suspension of Louis XVI thereby became a definitive change in the French state. This development formed part of the chain that led to the Republic being proclaimed after the National Convention assembled.
National Convention
The National Convention abolishes monarchy and Jacobin deputies become central to republican politics
National Convention
The National Convention abolishes monarchy and Jacobin deputies become central to republican politics.
Republic
The new French Republic creates a political setting in which the Jacobin Club becomes more openly republican
Republic
The new French Republic creates a political setting in which the Jacobin Club becomes more openly republican.
Republic One and Indivisible
Danton argues against federal division as the Convention affirms the unity and indivisibility of the French Republic.
National Convention
1st session of the National Convention abolishes the monarchy
National Convention
1st session of the National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
French Forces Occupy Speyer
Custine's army captured Speyer during its advance along the Rhine. The occupation demonstrated the vulnerability of German ecclesiastical territories to a mobile French offensive.
Army of the North
Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
Army of the North
Charles-Francois du Perier Dumouriez was appointed Commander of the Army of the North.
Army of the North
Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
August legislation faces republican revision
The fall of the monarchy reopened legislative debates about payments owed to former seigneurial lords. Convention deputies considered whether earlier compensation requirements contradicted republican liberty.
Capture of Verdun
Verdun is captured by the Austrians
Citizen troops support emergency mobilization
As coalition armies approached, Parisian citizen units supported security and recruitment measures. Santerre operated in a capital fearing invasion and counterrevolution.
Commander of Army of the North
Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
Commander of Army of the North
Appointed Commander of the Army of the North
Convention
Appointed Member of National Convention
Convention
Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot became a member of the National Convention.
Custine Advances toward German Rhine Cities
Custine led French forces into the Rhineland as republican armies sought to challenge hostile German states. The expedition brought revolutionary authority into territories beyond France's eastern border.
Deputy
Appointed Member of National Convention
Girondin Alignment
Olympe de Gouges aligned herself with moderate Girondin politics after the fall of the monarchy.
Girondin deputies enter Convention: Eure-et-Loir sends political leader
Brissot secured election to the National Convention and became one of the most recognizable members of the Girondin circle. His faction remained an informal grouping rather than a unified party.
Girondin deputies enter Convention: Gironde sends celebrated speaker
Vergniaud won election to the Convention from the Gironde department. His oratory helped the group contest leadership with the deputies of the Mountain.
Girondin deputies enter Convention: Parliamentary network reassembles
Guadet also entered the Convention as regional allies acquired prominent positions in the new national legislature. Disagreements with Paris radicals soon dominated its proceedings.
Guard Detachments Secure Temple Prison
After the monarchy fell, armed units helped enforce the detention of the royal household. The security arrangements made citizen soldiers participants in the Republic's treatment of its former rulers.
Guard Patrols Respond to Invasion Anxiety
Parisian units faced a nervous city during news of Coalition advances and fears of internal treachery. Their security duties brought together military readiness and highly politicized neighborhood policing.
Massacre
Suspected "traitors" of the Revolution are massacred
Massacre
Suspected "traitors" of the Revolution are massacred.
Monarchy abolished by Convention: August insurrection reshapes power
Danton's involvement in the upheaval of August 1792 helped bring about the Convention's republican regime. Military danger made the settlement far more unstable than a simple constitutional reform.
Monarchy abolished by Convention: Republican sovereignty defended
Robespierre supported the new republic after the Convention abolished the monarchy. He argued that political authority must rest with the people and not with a deposed dynasty.
Monarchy abolished by Convention: Young republicans reject kingship
Saint-Just entered a political world in which national representation had replaced hereditary sovereignty. His uncompromising view of republican legitimacy soon shaped the king's trial.
Mountain emerges in Convention: New republic brings factional choices
Danton entered the Convention after helping the overthrow of the monarchy. He navigated alliances among radical deputies without belonging to a rigidly organized modern political party.
Mountain emerges in Convention: Parisian radical deputies assemble
Robespierre joined the National Convention as a Paris deputy and became associated with the high benches occupied by the Mountain. These legislators increasingly disputed the Girondins' claims to guide the Republic.
National Convention
Appointed Member of National Convention
National Convention
Appointed Member of National Convention
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