1790 in France
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Events from the year1790 inFrance.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 4 February - Louis XVI declares to theNational Assemblythat he will maintain theconstitutionallaws.
- 4 March - France is divided into 83départements,which cut across the formerprovinces,in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
- July - Louis XVI accepts aconstitutional monarchy.
- 12 July - TheCivil Constitution of the Clergylaw is passed.
- 14 July - TheFête de la Fédérationis held.
- 31 August -Nancy affair.
- 4 September - Résignation ofJacques Necker.
- 24 October -Tricolouradopted as theflag of Franceby theConstituent Assembly.
- 24 November - The Constituent Assembly passes a law requiring all Roman Catholic priests to swear an oath of acceptance of the new Constitution.[2]
Births
[edit]- 6 March -Jacques Arago
- 1 April -Auguste Couder
- 9 June -Abel-François Villemain
- 29 July -Nicolas Martin du Nord
- 7 August -Jean-Claude Colin
- 21 October -Alphonse de Lamartine
- 10 November -Jean René Constant Quoy
- 27 November -Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes
- 6 December -Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
- 20 December -Jean Joseph Vaudechamp
Deaths
[edit]- 6 May -Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert
- 24 May -François-Henri Clicquot
- 3 July -Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle
- 17 October -André Désilles
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"BBC - History - King Louis XVI".www.bbc.co.uk.Retrieved24 June2022.
- ^Vovelle, Michel (1984).The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792.Cambridge University Press. p. 131.