1791 ⟶ Leopold II Issues Padua Circular Supporting Louis XVI
July 5: Emperor Leopold II issues the Padua Circular calling...
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1789
1790
1791
🇫🇷 King Louis XVI in Paris, Nobility Emigration Begins
July 17: The King visits Paris, where he is welcomed at the Hôtel de Ville by Bailly and Lafayette, and wears the tricolor cockade. Sensing what is ahead, several prominent members of the nobility, including the Count of Artois, the Prince de Condé, the Duke of Enghien, the Baron de Breteuil, the Duke of Broglie, the Duke of Polignac and his wife become the first of a wave of émigrés to leave France.⟶
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✉️ Louis XVI Appeals to Prussian King for Military Intervention
December 3: Louis XVI writes to King Frederick William II of Prussia asking for a military intervention by European monarchs to restore his authority.⟶
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📜 Leopold II Issues Padua Circular Supporting Louis XVI
July 5: Emperor Leopold II issues the Padua Circular calling on the royal houses of Europe to come to the aid of Louis XVI, his brother-in-law.⟶
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📜 Louis XVI Accepts the Constitution
September 13–14: Louis XVI formally accepts the new Constitution.⟶
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✉️ Louis XVI Appeals to Prussia for Military Intervention
December 3: The King writes a secret letter to Frederick William II of Prussia, urging him to intervene militarily in France "to prevent the evil which is happening here before it overtakes the other states of Europe. ⟶
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👑 Louis XVI's Brothers Reject Return, Citing King's Captivity
December 3: Louis XVI's brothers, (the counts of Provence and Artois) refuse to return to France, citing "the moral and physical captivity in which the King is being held." ⟶
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