1789Assembly Imposes Martial Law to Suppress Uprisings

October 21: The Assembly declares a state of martial law to ...
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1789
1792

⚔️ Assembly Imposes Martial Law to Suppress Uprisings

October 21: The Assembly declares a state of martial law to prevent future uprisings.
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🗳️ Parisian Municipal Assembly Elections

September 19: Election of a new municipal assembly in Paris, with three hundred members elected by districts.
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⚔️ National Assembly Orders Army of Volunteers

June 8: The Assembly orders the raising of an army of twenty thousand volunteers to be camped outside Paris.
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