Death of Gustavus III. king of Sweden.
Total change of the King's ministers.
Decreed, that the King shall pay taxes like all
other persons.
19. Jourdan, and his accomplices at Avignon acquitted.
A new guard begins to do duty about the King.
Roland appointed by the King minister of the
interior department.
Insurrection at Poitou.
The Swiss Cantons demand from France the regiment
of Ernest.
Alienation of the domains of St. Lazare, and of
Mount-Carmel, two orders of knighthood, of which
Monsieur was president.
_April_ 1. Troubles in Provence and Dauphiny.
On the motion of Torne, constitutional bishop of
Bourges, all peculiar religious dresses are
abolished, and all secular congregations.
6. Pethion writes to the 48 sections, inviting them to
give a fete to the liberated soldiers of
Chateau-vieux.
15. A civic fete is given to the above soldiers, who
had been imprisoned for crimes.
16. Riots at the Hotel de Ville in Paris, on account of
the statues of la Fayette and Bailli.
20. The King goes to the national assembly to demand
whether it is willing to declare war.
War declared against the King of Bohemia and
Hungary.
M. de Castellane, bishop of Mendes, sent to prison
at Orleans.
29. The army of Dillon routed near Tournay, and that
general massacred by his own soldiers near
Lisle (sic).
The French routed near Mons under the command of
General Byron.
_May_ 2. Suppression of the military houses of Monsieur and
the Count d'Artois.
6. Desertion of the royal German regiment.
8. Report of the murder of several commissaries.
10. Pethion, in the commune of Paris, presents a
silver sword to Rene Audu, a heroine of the 6th of
October 1789.
Decree concerning prisoners of war.
11. New disorders at Avignon.