Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 356

356 DEPARTMENT FOR LADIES of Voltaire in power-Sketch of his ministry-His failure renders the Revolution inevitable-Sketch of the remainder of the Reign Sieyes's pamphlet Qu'est ce que le Tiers Etat "-Monarchy for the time had made itself im- possible-The National Assembly-The capture of the Bastille The burning of the Chateaux-The abolition of Feudal dues -The Insurrection of October France divided into frag- ments with sham monarchy at its head-Mirabeau's Statesmanship-The need of Government imperfectly supplied by the Jacobin Clubs-The Civil Constitution of the Clergy- The Feast of the Federations in July 1790-The Flight to Varennes in June 1791-Entire absence of Government-End of the Constituent Assembly in September 1792 Exclusion from the New Assembly of members of the Constituent- Two parties in it the Constitutionalists and the Girondists- The Conference of Pilnitz-Attack on the Priests and Emi- grants-The Declaration of War-Insurrection of June 20th -Invasion of France-Insurrection of August 10th- Suspension of the King and Convention summoned-The September Massacres-The Cannonade of Valmy September 20th-Meeting of the Convention September 21st-Struggle between the Girondists and the Mountain-The disasters in Belgium-The Revolutionary Tribunal-The Dantonist Com- mittee of Public Safety the beginning of Government- Fall of the Girondists June 2nd Assassination of Marat- Risings in La Vendee Lyons and Toulon-Execution of the Queen and the Girondists-October Terror the order of the day-Representatives in Mission-Toulon taken Decern- ber 19th-Hebertists guillotined in March-Dantonists in April-Conquest of Belgium-Robespierre and St Just- Further progress of the Terror--Fall of the Robespierrists- End of the Reign of Terror