1792 ⟶ Lafayette's Plea Against Radicals Thwarted by Pétion
June 28: Lafayette speaks to the Assembly, denouncing the ac...
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👮 Bailly Appointed Mayor of Paris, Lafayette Leads National Guard
July 15: The astronomer and mathematician Jean Sylvain Bailly is named mayor of Paris, and Lafayette is appointed Commander of the newly formed National Guard.⟶
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⚔️ Military Clash in Nancy: Royalist Soldiers vs. National Guard
🗳️ Pétion Elected Mayor of Paris
November 14: Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve is elected mayor of Paris, with 6,728 votes against 3,126 for Lafayette. Out of 80,000 eligible voters, 70,000 abstain.⟶
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🗣️ Lafayette's Plea Against Radicals Thwarted by Pétion
June 28: Lafayette speaks to the Assembly, denouncing the actions of the Jacobins and other radical groups in the Assembly. His proposal to organize a review of the National guard in Paris is annulled by Pétion, mayor of Paris.⟶
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📜 Parisian Sections Petition for King's Removal
August 3: 47 of the 48 sections of Paris, mostly controlled by the Cordeliers and the Jacobins, send petitions to the Assembly, demanding the removal of the King. They are presented by Pétion, the mayor of Paris.⟶
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