14. Mons. de
L’Aulnay, the governor, falls a victim to
the fury of the assailants.
Bertier, intendant of
Paris; Foulon, secretary of state;
and de
Flesselle, prevot des Marchands,
(somewhat like
mayor of Paris) are massacred.
From, this period
the maxim was adopted, “that
insurrection was the
most sacred of duties.”
15. The King goes to the assembly
to confer with it
upon the disturbances of Paris.
Many considerable
persons fly the country.
16. The Marquis de la Fayette,
and Monsieur Bailly, are
nominated, one to command the national
guards of
Paris, the other to be mayor of
Paris.
17. In hopes of quieting the alarming
tumults, the King
comes to Paris. Bailly harangues
him freely at the
Hotel de la Ville, (sic) and the
King receives the
three-coloured cockade.
August 1. Massacre of the mayor
of St. Dennis.
4. Abolition of tithes, and of
all feudal rights and
privileges.
Louis is proclaimed the restorer
of French liberty.
7. The King is obliged to recall
Necker.
27. The liberty of the press is
established.
Sept. 15. The person of the King
is decreed to be inviolable;
and the crown of France hereditary
and indivisible.
29. Decreed, that it be recommended
that all church
plate be brought to the mint.
Oct. 1. The King is forced to
accept and give the sanction
of his approbation to the famous
“Rights of Man.”
5. The Marquis de la Fayette at
the head of 30,000
Parisians marches to Versailles.
6. After murdering the King’s
guards under the windows
of the Palace, they forcibly conduct
both him and
the Queen to Paris amidst the insults
of the
populace, and with great danger
of their lives.
10. Tayllerang-Perigord, bishop
of Autun, proposes that
the nation should seize the property
of the clergy.
12. Decreed, that the National
Assembly be removed from
Versailles to Paris.
15. The Duke of Orleans obtains
leave to go to England.
19. The first sitting of the National
Constituent
Assembly at Paris.
21. The people of Paris hang a
baker.
The Jacobin Club commenced at this
time; first
known by the name of the “Club
de la Propagande.”
The name of Jacobins was derived
from the house
where the club met, and which had
belonged to the
religious order of Jacobins.
Nov. 22. The commune of Paris makes
a patriotic gift of its
silver buckles.
A general patriotic contribution
is first
requested, and afterwards forced.
Dec. 7. Decree upon the disturbances
at Toulon.
Another for dividing France into
83 departments, 83
tribunals, 544 civil tribunals,
548 districts, and
43,815 municipalities.
10. Vandernoot, and the disaffected
in Brabant, write
to the King and to the National
Constituent
Assembly; but their letter is returned.