1791 ⟶ Lafayette and Others Appointed Army Commanders

December 14: Lafayette receives command of one of the three ...
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🔪 Lafayette Appointed Army Commander; Royal Title Modified; Guillotine Proposed

October 10: The Assembly names Lafayette commander of the regular army in and around Paris. The Assembly also modifies the royal title from "King of France and Navarre" to "King of the French". Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, a doctor, member of the Assembly, proposes a new and more humane form of public execution, which eventually is named after him, the guillotine.⟶
Lafayette Appointed Army Commander; Royal Title Modified; Guillotine Proposed (1789)
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🛡️ Lafayette and Others Appointed Army Commanders

December 14: Lafayette receives command of one of the three new armies established to defend the French borders, the Army of the Centre, based at Metz. The other two armies are commanded by Rochambeau (Army of the North) and Nicolas Luckner (Army of the Rhine).⟶
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🛡️ Assembly Authorizes Mass Volunteer Army

December 28: The Assembly votes to summon a mass army of volunteers to defend the borders of France.⟶
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⚔️ Assembly Orders Raising of New Army Battalions

May 5: The Assembly orders the raising of thirty-one new battalions for the army.⟶
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🛡️ Assembly Orders Army Units Away from Paris

July 15: The Assembly votes to send regular army units, whose officers largely support Lafayette, far outside the city.⟶
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⚔️ Directory Promotes Commanders Joubert and Championnet

July 5: Two commanders with neo-Jacobin sympathies are promoted by the Directory: Joubert is named new commander of the Army of Italy, and Championnet is chosen to command the Army of the Alps.⟶
Directory Promotes Commanders Joubert and Championnet (1799)
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