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| Anniversary Louis XVI |  |
| 14th July Champ de Mars Leads celebrations & oath taking in memory of the 1st yr of the fall of the Bastille |
| Birth Tyler, John |  |
| Birth of John Tyler |
| Composition Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |  |
| Vienna Composes, "Cosi Fan Tutte" |
| Composition Da Ponte, Lorenzo |  |
| Writes the librettos for Mozart's, "Cosi Fan Tutte" |
| Constitution Louis XVI | |
| 19th June Forced to witness the National Assembly abolish the nobility |
| Constitution Mirabeau | |
| 12th July The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed by the Constituent Assembly |
| 12th July Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church |
| Constitution Washington, George | |
| Washington A Bill of Rights is added to the new Constitution of the USA |
| Washington All 13 states approve the Bill of Rights |
| Election Wellesley, Arthur |  |
| Trim Elected Member of Parliament for Trim, Ireland |
| Invention Guillotin Guillotin, Joseph-Ignace | |
| 22nd Jan Paris Proposes the Guillotin as a "humane" method of execution to the Constituent Assembly |
| National Assembly Louis XVI | |
| 19th June Paris Forced to witness the National Assembly abolish the nobility |
| Peace Catherine II the Great |  |
Agrees a status quo peace with Gustav III of Sweden  after Denmark  attacks Sweden |
| Poet Laureate Pye, Henry James | |
| Appointed Poet Laureate |
| Publication Billaud-Varenne, Jacques Nicolas | |
| Publication of, "L'Acephocratie", demands the establishment of a federal republic |
| Publication Burke, Edmund | |
Condemns the French revolution & upholds the ideas of the English  1688 revolution |
| Publication of, "Reflections On the French Revolution" |
| Rebellion Napoleon I | |
| Corsica Heads signatories sent to the National Assembly against reactionary Corsican leaders |
| Rebellion Christian, Fletcher | |
| 15th Jan Leads therebellion of the Bounty |
| Reform Mirabeau | |
| 12th July Paris Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church |
| Reform Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de | |
| 10th Oct Autun Assignats become legal tender |
| Rule of Corsica Napoleon I | |
| Corsica Corsica becomes a part of France |
| Secretary of Home Affairs Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| Appointed Home Secretary, 1st term |
| Siege of Ismail Suvorov, Alexander Vasilyevich | |
| 22nd Dec Ismail Captures the Turkish fortess of Ismail at the mouth of the Danube |
| Slavery Wilberforce, William | |
| Jan Wilberforce succeedes in gaining approval for a Parliamentary select committee to consider theslave trade and to examine the vast quantity of evidence which he put forward |
| Succession Leopold II | |
Vienna Succeeds as Holy Roman  Emperor |
