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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the French title can also be translated in the modern era as "Declaration of Human and Civic Rights".
August 2: Marie-Antoinette is transferred from the Temple to the Conciergerie. August 8: The Convention sends an army led by General Kellermann to lay siege to the rebellious city of Lyon. August 22: Robespierre is elected the president of the convention. August 23: Levée en masse voted by the convention. All able-bodied non-married men ...
1789 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1789th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 789th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of ...
In August 1789, colonial slave owners and merchants formed the rival Club de Massiac to represent their interests. When the Constituent Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August 1789, delegates representing the colonial landowners successfully argued that the principles should not apply in the colonies ...
August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) ... 1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National ...
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789. When the Constituent Assembly was formed, the starting point of the French Revolution, the clergy joined forces with the Third Estate and voted with them for the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of August 26, 1789. Article X of the Declaration states:
Gridley Bryant was born in Scituate, Massachusetts on 26 August 1789. He was the son of Zina and Unice (Wade) Bryant. Gridley and Maria Winship Fox married on December 3, 1815. [1] Bryant invented a portable derrick in 1823 and soon gained a reputation as a master structure builder.
On 4 August 1789, the Duke of Aiguillon proposed in the Club Breton the abolition of feudal rights and the suppression of personal servitude. On the evening of 4 August, the Viscount de Noailles proposed to abolish the privileges of the nobility to restore calm in French provinces.