1792 ⟶ National Convention's First Session and Election of Bureau
September 20: The newly elected National Convention holds it...
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🏛️ National Convention's First Session and Election of Bureau
September 20: The newly elected National Convention holds its first session behind closed doors, in the Salle du Manège, the former riding school of the Tuileries Palace, and elects its Bureau. Of the 749 deputies, 113 are Jacobins, who take their seats in the highest benches in the hall, the Montagne (Mountain), thus their nickname of Montagnards, the "Mountaineers".⟶
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📜 National Convention Ratifies 1793 Constitution
June 24: Ratification of new Constitution by the National Convention.⟶
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🗳️ Robespierre's Election to the Committee of Public Safety
July 27: Robespierre elected to the Committee of Public Safety.⟶
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🗳️ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention
August 22: Robespierre is elected the president of the convention.⟶
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🗳️ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention
June 4: Robespierre is unanimously elected president of the convention.⟶
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📜 Convention Appoints Committee to Finalize 1793 Constitution
December 3: The Convention forms a committee of sixteen members to complete work on the Constitution of 1793.⟶
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