Chronology of France under Louis XVI (1774-1788)

Louis XVI (1774-1792)

1774

July 20th: Turgot becomes Secretary of State to the Marine.
August 24th: Disgrace of the chancellor of Maupeou. Turgot becomes General inspector of finances.
August 26th: Turgot becomes minister of state.
September 13rd: Re-establishment of the Freedom of movement of the grains.
November 12th: Re-establishment of the Parliament of Paris.

1775

April 19th: Beginning of the revolt of the colonies of North America.
April 18th - May 6th: “War of the Flours”.
June 11th: Crown Louis XVI with Rheims.
July 12th: Malesherbes () becomes Secretary of State to the Maison of the king.
October 27th: Claude-Louis, count of Saint-Germain becomes Secretary of State to the Guerre.

(Foot-note Bucket: not to confuse this Count of Saint-Germain, born in 1707 with Vertamboz/the Jura and deceased in Paris into 1778 which was general and French statesman, Secretary of State to the War (1775-1777) under Louis XVI and which reorganized the Royal army with the Count of Saint-Germain, adventurer for some and Master of Wisdom in certain Traditions Hermétique S, Rosicrucian brotherhood and Théosophie, for Others)

1776

January 5th: Édits of Turgot which removes the Corporation S and the royal Corvée.
May 12th - May 13rd: Disgrace and resignation of Turgot. It is replaced by Clugny de Nuits which revokes the edicts of Turgot.
July 4th: The American declare their independence.
December: American Benjamin Franklin comes to ask of the assistance the France against the Britanniques.

1777

April: Fayette embarks for America.
May: Disgrace of Claude Louis, count of Saint-Germain.
May 28th: Treaty of Soleure with the Swiss cantons.
June 29th: Necker becomes managing director of finances and launches a loan of 600 million.

1778

February 6th: Treated alliance with the insurgents of America, France officially engages in the Guerre of American independence. See: France in the war of American independence (1778-1783) .

1779

Be: The Dysenterie in the west of the France makes 175000 dead.
April 12th: Treated of Aranjuez (Franco-Spanish).
May 13rd: free-imperial Convention of Teschen.
August: Suppression of the Serfdom on the royal fields.

1780

February 27th: Constitution of a league of the Neutrals which recognizes the freedom of navigation.
May 2nd: Departure of Brest of the French task force for America.

1781

February: Necker publishes its Compte-rendu in Roy in which it takes stock of its financial administration. This small work fills with enthusiasm the French but makes indignant princes, Ministre S and Parlementaire S because it gave the list of names of the loads and pensions paid to the Courtisan S and the Royal family.
May 19th: Resignation of Necker. It is replaced by Jolly de Fleury.
October 19th: Capitulation of the British to the Battle of Yorktown vis-a-vis the Franco-American forces.
November 21st: Died of Maurepas.

1782

Suffren gains several victories vis-a-vis the British fleet in the sea of the Indies.

1783

March 29th: Resignation of Jolly de Fleury. It is replaced by Lefèvre d' Ormesson.
June 4th: Experiment of the Brothers Montgolfier with Annonay (Ardeche). They succeed in for the first time making steal a balloon of fabric and paper inflated with hot air produced by the combustion of a mixture of Paille and Laine.
September 3rd: Treaty of Versailles between the France and the Great Britain which recognizes the independence of the 13 American colonies. End of the War of independence of the United States of America .
November 1st: Fall of Ormesson which is replaced by Calonne.
November 21st: First voyage in Montgolfier. Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d' Arlandes flies away castle of the Dumb woman to go to be posed with the Butte with the Ruails.

1784

April 27th: First representation of the Marriage of Barber .

1785

Business of the collar of the queen.
January 7th: Blanchard crosses the Manche in Montgolfière.
March 27th: Birth of the future Louis XVII.
August 1st: Departure of Brest of the forwarding of Perugia on board the frigates the Compass and the Astrolabe.
August 15th: Arrest of the cardinal of Rohan for its participation in the “Business of the collar of the queen”. The Comtesse of the Mound will be stopped a few days later.

1786

May 31st: The cardinal of Rohan is discharged and the countess of the condemned Mound.
August 8th: First rise of the Mont Blanc realized by Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat.
August 20th: The controller of Finances Calonne presents to the king his reform project of finances.
September 26th: The Great Britain sign with the France a treaty dissatisfying the French industrialists. It envisages the Libre-échange in terms of Commerce and Navigation.

1787

February 22nd: Beginning of the first Parliament of notable the with Versailles under the presidency of Louis XVI.
April 8th: Disgrace of Calonne. It is replaced by Loménie de Brienne.
May 25th: Reference of the Parliament of notable the, which judged " inapt to decide lifting of new a impôt" (the territorial Subsidy)
August 15th: Exile of the Parliament to Troyes.
15 August 18th: Riots with Paris.
September 19th: Return of the Parliament to Paris.

1788

January 29th: " Edict of tolerance " who grants the civil statue to the Protesting S.
May 3rd: Stop of the Parliament which shows Loménie de Brienne to want to destroy the Loi S and the Magistrat S.
May 8th: The king imposes to the members of Parliament a legal reform inspired by the Minister of Justice, Malesherbes.
June 7th: “Day of the tiles” to Grenoble. The Resident of Grenoble launches tiles on the soldiers after the exile of the Parliament of the city.
August 8th: Convocation of the general states for on May 1st 1789 announces.
August 25th: Resignation of Loménie de Brienne and recall of Necker.
September 23rd: The Parliaments are restored in their prerogatives.
November: Second Parliament of notable the.
December 27th: The king is constrained to admit the doubling of the Tiers state.

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