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| Adjutant Massena, Andre |  |
| Sep Appointed Adjutant-Major of the 2nd battalion of volunteers of the Var
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| Alliance Frederick William II |  |
| 2nd Aug Paris Agrees an Alliance with Leopold II to restore Louis XVI to the French throne
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| Arrest Dumas | |
| 21st June Paris Commands the escort that takes Louis XVI from Paris to Varennes
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| Arrest Louis XVI | |
| 25th June Varennes Louis XVI & his family are arrested during an ill fated escape from France
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| 25th June Varennes Louis XVI & his family are escorted back to Paris
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| Battle of Seringapatam Cornwallis, Charles |  |
| Seringapatam Defeats Sultan Tippu
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| Bill of Rights Madison, James |  |
| The last ten of Madison's proposed amendments are ratified and become the Bill of Rights
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| Captain Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 30th June Appointed Captain
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| Colonization Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Partitions Canada into the lower French & the upper British parts
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| Composition Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |  |
| Vienna Composes, "Die Zauberflote"
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| Constitution Desmoulins, Camille | |
| Presents a petition demanding an end to the King's veto
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| Constitution Louis XVI | |
| 14th Sep Louis XVI accepts the new Constitution
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| Constitution Stanislaw II |  |
| 3rd May Stanislaw II transforms Poland into a unitary state
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| 3rd May The Union of Lublin is superseded by the Constitution of the Third May
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| Constitution Madison, James | |
| The last ten of Madison's proposed amendments are ratified and become the Bill of Rights
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| Constitution Washington, George | |
| 15th Dec The Bill of Rights comes into effect
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| Death Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | |
| 5th Dec Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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| Death Wesley, John | |
| London Death of John Wesley
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| Death Potemkin |  |
| Death of Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
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| Declaration of Pillnitz Leopold II | |
| 2nd Aug Pillnitz Frederick William II & Leopold II agree to restore the French monarchy
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| Declaration of Pillnitz Frederick II | |
| 27th Aug Pillnitz Offers to support Louis XVI in the Declaration of Pillnitz
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| Declaration of Pillnitz Frederick William II | |
| 2nd Aug Pillnitz Frederick William II & Leopold to agree to restore the French monarchy
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| Declaration of War Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| Opposes the War of Liberation because foreign countries are not ready for liberation
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| Democratic Republican Party Madison, James | |
| Madison and Thomas Jefferson organize what they called the republican party (later called the Democratic-Republican Party) in opposition to key policies of the Federalists, especially the national bank and the Jay treaty
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| Deputy Carnot, Lazare Nicholas Marguerite | |
| Pas de Calais Appointed Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Pas de Calais
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| Election Cambon, Pierre-Joseph | |
| Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly
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| Election Mirabeau | |
| Elected President of the National Assembly
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| Escape Louis XVI Louis XVI | |
| Paris Makes a failed attempt to flee France to support emigres
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| Excommunication of Talleyrand Perigord Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de | |
| Paris Talleyrand-Perigord resigns as Bishop following his excommunication by Pope Pius VI
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| Talleyrand-Perigord resigns as Bishop following his excommunication by Pope Pius VI
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| Exile Bertrand | |
| Paris Escapes to England where he stays until 1814
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| Field Marshal Suvorov, Alexander Vasilyevich | |
| Appointed Field Marshal
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| Governor Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Friedrich Ludwig Furst zu | |
| Berlin Appointed Governor of Berlin
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| Jacobin Club Napoleon I | |
| Paris Appointed Member of the Ajaccio Jacobin Club at its foundation
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| Paris Appointed Member of the Ajaccio Jacobin Club
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| Paris Helps found the Jacobin Club
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| Jacobin Club Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| Paris Appointed Member of the Jacobin Club
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| Legislation Louis XVI | |
| 19th Dec Paris Vetoes the Legislative Assembly's Decree against priests
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| Legislation Madison, James | |
| The last ten of Madison's proposed amendments are ratified and become the Bill of Rights
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| Lieutenant Napoleon I | |
| Corsica Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in Corsica
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| 1st April Appointed Premier Lieutenant
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| 2nd June Valence Appointed Lieutenant en premier
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| 2nd June Valence Joins the 4th Regiment of Artillery at Valence as Lieutenant en Premier
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| 2nd June Valence Appointed Lieutenant en premier
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| Mayor Petion, Jerome | |
| Paris Appointed Mayor of Paris
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| Minister Bertrand | |
| Appointed Minister of Marine
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| Minister Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Appointed Home Secretary
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| Minister Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister
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| Minister Grenville, William Wyndham | |
| Feb Appointed Foreign Minister
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| Minister Osbourne, Francis Godolphin | |
| 23rd Dec Appointed Foreign Minister
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| National Guard Suchet | |
| Appointed Member of the cavalry of the National Guard
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| Oath Napoleon I | |
| Paris Army officers swear an oath of loyalty to the National Assembly
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| Publication Paine, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "The Rights of Man", 1st part
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| Reform Wesley, John | |
| After Wesley's death Methodists become nonconformist
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| Restoration Louis XVI | |
| 10th July Paris Reinstated to the throne of France
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| Secretary Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| Appointed Home Secretary
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| Slavery Cowper, William | |
| Helps to distribute anti-slavery newspapers by the Correspondence Committees
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| Slavery Wilberforce, William | |
| April After two evenings of debate, the bill was easily defeated by 163 votes to 88
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| April Wilberforce introduces the first Parliamentary Bill to abolish the slave trade with a closely-reasoned speech which he used to present the facts and evidence that had been gathered, and which lasted four hours
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| Succession Leopold II | |
| Succeeds as King of Hungary
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| Trial Bertrand | |
| Paris Accused of being employed by France's enemies after his hostility to the revolution
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| Paris Accused of planning another escape for Louis XVI
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| Unification Washington, George | |
| 3rd Mar Vermont Vermont becomes the 14th State of the Union
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| Union Lublin Stanislaw II | |
| 3rd May The Union of Lublin is superseded by the Constitution of the Third May
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