1789 ⟶ Jean Sylvain Bailly Elected Leader of Third Estate
June 3: The scientist Jean Sylvain Bailly is chosen the lead...
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🏛️ Jean Sylvain Bailly Elected Leader of Third Estate
June 3: The scientist Jean Sylvain Bailly is chosen the leader of the Third Estate deputies.⟶
French RevolutionThird EstateLeadershipAssemblyPoliticsRepresentative GovernmentBaillyEstates-General1789
🤝 Clerical Deputies Join the Third Estate
June 13–14: Nine deputies from the clergy decide to join the meeting of the Third Estate.⟶
Third EstateClergyEstates-GeneralNational AssemblyPolitical AlignmentRevolutionFrench RevolutionConstitutionalism
🏛️ Third Estate Declares National Assembly
June 17: On the proposal of Sieyès, the deputies of the Third Estate declare themselves the National Assembly. To ensure popular support, they decree that taxes need only be paid while the Assembly is in session.⟶
French RevolutionNational AssemblyThird EstateSieyèsRepresentationTaxationPolitical ReformEstates-General
🤝 Clergy Joins Third Estate in National Assembly
June 19: By a vote of 149 to 137, the deputies of the clergy join the assembly of the Third Estate.⟶
National AssemblyClergyThird EstateEstates-GeneralFrench RevolutionPolitical AlignmentRevolutionary PoliticsVotingUnity
🏛️ Lafayette and Bailly Found the Society of 1789
May 12: Lafayette and Jean Sylvain Bailly institute the Society of 1789.⟶
ClubsPolitical ClubsLafayetteBaillyEnlightenmentEliteRevolutionary PeriodSocial ReformFrench Revolution1789
⚰️ Execution of Jean Sylvain Bailly
November 12: The astronomer and former mayor of Paris, Jean Sylvain Bailly, is executed on the Champ de Mars for his role in suppressing a demonstration there on July 17, 1791.⟶
French RevolutionExecutionGuillotinePolitical RepressionReign of TerrorChamp de Mars MassacreParisRevolutionary TribunalFormer Mayor