Prince of Conti takes the civic oath in the
municipality of Paris.
11. The Abbe, Maury and Viscount Mirabeau attacked
by the populace on coming out of the assembly.
The assembly refuses to acknowledge the Roman
Catholick (sic) religion as the religion of the
state; and this resolution is followed by
forbidding all particularity of dress or form in
ecclesiastics.
22. General Paoli, at the head of a deputation from
Corsica, presents himself to the national assembly.
24. Insurrection at Marseilles.
_May_. Report and decree upon the disturbances at Mount
Auban.
Monastic vows prohibited in future.
17. Orders of knighthood and military decorations
abolished.
22. Decreed, that the right of making peace and war
belongs to the people.
25. The Parisians occupied with hanging several
robbers.
_June_. Public Seminaries and academies of instruction
suppressed.
9. The King goes to the assembly, and requires 25
millions of livres for his civil list.
10. The Queen's dower fixed at four millions.
One million is voted for the King's brothers.
16. Massacres and disorders at Nismes (sic).
19. Suppression of nobility, of all titles and orders,
of armorial bearings, and of livery-servants.
_July_ 3. Justices of the peace appointed throughout the
kingdom.
14. Ceremony of a general federation, at which the King
is obliged to assist, to commemorate the destruction
of the Bastille.
Trial by jury introduced in criminal matters.
Judges to be chosen by cantons and districts; one
for the former, and five for the latter.
26. The constituent assembly publishes a civil
constitution for the acceptance of the clergy,
which they refuse to admit.
_August_. Affair at Nancy--five regiments revolt.
Insurrection at Martinico (sic) announced.
Desilles shot at Nancy by the S
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