1795 ⟶ Grain Shortage and Assignat Collapse in Paris

March 19: Grain supplies in Paris are exhausted. The assigna...
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🔪 Mob Massacres Berthier de Sauvigny and Father-in-Law in Paris

July 22: An armed mob on the Place de Grève massacres Berthier de Sauvigny, Intendant of Paris, and his father-in-law, accused of speculating in grain.⟶
Mob Massacres Berthier de Sauvigny and Father-in-Law in Paris (1789)
French RevolutionParisMob ViolenceAtrocityGrain ShortageFood CrisisPopular UprisingExecutionIntendantRevolutionary Violence

📉 Grain Shortage and Assignat Collapse in Paris

March 19: Grain supplies in Paris are exhausted. The assignat falls to eight percent of its original value.⟶
Grain ShortageFood CrisisAssignatCurrency CollapseEconomic HardshipParisInflationFrench RevolutionWar Economy1795