1794Pache Arrested, Fleuriot-Lescot Appointed Paris Mayor

May 10: Arrest of Jean Nicolas Pache, the former mayor of Pa...
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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.
Bailly Appointed Mayor of Paris, Lafayette Leads National Guard (1789)
ParisMayorNational GuardLafayetteBaillyFrench RevolutionPolitical AppointmentGovernanceRevolutionary Government18th Century

🗳️ 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.
Pétion Elected Mayor of Paris (1791)
ParisMayorElectionsPétionLafayetteMunicipal PoliticsFrench Revolution1791Local GovernmentPolitical Figures

🗳️ Pache Elected Mayor of Paris

February 14: Jean Nicolas Pache is elected the new mayor of Paris.
Pache Elected Mayor of Paris (1793)
French RevolutionParisMayorLocal GovernmentPoliticsJacobinsCommune of ParisElections

👮 Pache Arrested, Fleuriot-Lescot Appointed Paris Mayor

May 10: Arrest of Jean Nicolas Pache, the former mayor of Paris, followed by his replacement by Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot, a close ally of Robespierre.
Pache Arrested, Fleuriot-Lescot Appointed Paris Mayor (1794)
French RevolutionParisMayorPacheFleuriot-LescotRobespierreCommittee of Public SafetyReign of TerrorPolitical Purge

🔪 Mass Execution of Robespierrists

July 29: Arrest and execution of seventy allies of Robespierre within the Paris Commune. In all, 106 Robespierrists are guillotined.
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotineExecutionRobespierreParis CommunePolitical PurgeAtrocityViolence