National Convention

Connections

Connections Sort ascending Author name Excerpt
Textual Production Mary Wollstonecraft
MW worked at a paper for the Education Committee of the French Convention .
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Penguin.
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Family and Intimate relationships Eliza Fenwick
EF 's husband, John Fenwick , visited Paris with secret overtures from English radicals to the National Convention .
Grundy, Isobel, and Eliza Fenwick. “Introduction and Appendices”. Secresy, 2ndnd ed, Broadview, pp. 7 - 34, 361.
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Timeline

11 August 1792: The French Legislative Assembly voted to...

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11 August 1792

The French Legislative Assembly voted to establish a National Convention elected by universal manhood suffrage.

21-22 September 1792: The French National Convention proclaimed...

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21-22 September 1792

The French National Convention proclaimed that the monarchy was abolished and that France was now a Republic.

11 December 1792: Louis XVI went on trial before the National...

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11 December 1792

Louis XVI went on trial before the National Convention in Paris.

15 December 1792: The French National Convention approved instituting...

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15 December 1792

The French National Convention approved instituting revolutionary policies in all occupied territories.

21 January 1793: Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris...

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21 January 1793

Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris after trial by the French National Convention .

April 1793: The Committee of Public Safety was set up...

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April 1793

The Committee of Public Safety was set up in Paris to guide the National Convention .

23 August 1793: The French National Convention ordered a...

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23 August 1793

The French National Convention ordered a general mobilization, a levée en masse, of the male population.

26 August 1793: The Revolutionary Republican Women read a...

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26 August 1793

The Revolutionary Republican Women read a petition to the French National Convention .

5 September 1793: The Reign of Terror began in earnest in Paris...

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5 September 1793

The Reign of Terror began in earnest in Paris with Billaud-Varenne declaring in the National Convention that terror would be the order of the day.

30 October 1793: The French National Convention prohibited...

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30 October 1793

The French National Convention prohibited women's clubs and societies.

4 February 1794: Slavery was abolished throughout France and...

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4 February 1794

Slavery was abolished throughout France and its colonies. From this year until 1804 (two years after Napoleon re-instituted slavery under French jurisdiction), the struggle for abolition virtually lapsed in England.

21 February 1795: The French National Convention decreed the...

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21 February 1795

The French National Convention decreed the separation of Church and State.

24 May 1795: Four days after banning women from its public...

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24 May 1795

Four days after banning women from its public galleries, the French National Convention prohibited them from attending any political meeting or gathering in groups in the street.

26 October 1795: The French National Convention was closed...

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26 October 1795

The French National Convention was closed down.

6 September 1839: The National Convention of Chartists was...

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6 September 1839

The National Convention of Chartists was dissolved.

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