1791 ⟶ Pétion Elected Mayor of Paris

November 14: Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve is elected mayor of...
Timelines Logo
Year
1789
1791
1792
1793
1794

👮 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

🗣️ 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.⟶
Lafayette's Plea Against Radicals Thwarted by Pétion (1792)
French RevolutionLafayetteJacobinsNational GuardAssemblyPétionPolitical OppositionRadicalismParis1792

🗳️ 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