1791 in France
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Events from the year 1791 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XVI
Events
February
- 28 February - Day of Daggers
June
- 14 June - The Le Chapelier Law 1791 is passed.
- 20-21 June - During the Flight to Varennes, Louis XVI and his family attempt to escape Paris, but are instead arrested at Varennes.
July
- 17 July - Champ de Mars Massacre
August
- 27 August - Battle of Tellicherry (Third Anglo-Mysore War) off the south-west coast of India: a British Royal Navy patrol forces a French convoy bound for Mysore to surrender
- 29 August-5 September - French legislative election, 1791
September
- 3 September - The French Constitution of 1791 is accepted.
October
- 1 October - The Legislative Assembly (France) is established.
- 6 October - The French Penal Code of 1791 is adopted.
- 16-17 October - Massacres of La Glacière
Births
- 26 May - Jean Vatout
- 30 June - Félix Savart
- 19 July - Odilon Barrot
- 26 September - Théodore Géricault
- 17 November - Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin
- 24 December - Eugène Scribe
Deaths
- 10 June - Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
- 26 November - Nicolas Bricaire de la Dixmerie
- 12 December - Etteilla
References
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