Leading Girondin orator in the National Convention
On 31 December 1792 he urged an appeal to the people in the trial of Louis XVI and failed; days later a letter he had signed reached the king's enemies as evidence of treason.
A Bordeaux lawyer, Vergniaud became a celebrated orator in the Legislative Assembly and National Convention. He supported the war policy, spoke for the Girondins, and voted for death in the trial of Louis XVI. Arrested after the purge of the Girondins in June 1793, he was executed with other Girondin deputies.
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1789Appointed by Bordeaux as an administrator of the Gironde department.
1791.03.29Served as director of the jury at the Gironde criminal court.
1791.08.31Elected deputy to the Legislative Assembly for the Gironde.
1791.10.30Elected president of the Legislative Assembly.
1792.08.10Presided as the Tuileries was stormed and had the king suspended.
1793.01.10Elected president of the National Convention.
1793.01.16Voted for the death of Louis XVI.
1793.06.02Decreed for arrest with the Girondin deputies.
Girondin journalist and deputy who championed revolutionary war
In 1791–92 he led the Legislative Assembly's push for war against Austria, which led to the declaration of war in April 1792. Sentenced on 30 October 1793, he was guillotined the next day.
A journalist and deputy in the Legislative Assembly and National Convention, Brissot also participated in antislavery activism. In 1791–92 he became the chief advocate of foreign war in the name of defending and extending the Revolution and emerged as a leading Girondin. He was arrested after the Girondins’ fall in June 1793 and later executed.
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1770년대~1780년대Trained as a law clerk, then worked as a journalist contributing to the Mercure de France and the Courier de l'Europe.
1788년Founded the antislavery Society of the Friends of the Blacks and served as its secretary.
1789년Elected a member of the Paris municipality and founded the Patriote français, which he edited until 1793.
1791년 10월~1792년 9월Sat in the Legislative Assembly for Seine and, on the diplomatic committee, shaped much of France's foreign policy.
1792년 9월~1793년 10월Represented Eure-et-Loir in the National Convention; arrested in June 1793 and executed that October.
Girondin deputy who argued after Varennes that the king could be tried
After the flight to Varennes in 1791 he cited English precedent in the Constituent Assembly to argue that the king could be tried; Barnave answered him in his speech of 15 July.
A lawyer from Évreux, Buzot was elected for the Third Estate to the Estates-General in 1789 and in the Constituent Assembly demanded the nationalization of church property. After the flight to Varennes in 1791 he cited English precedent to argue that the king could be tried; Barnave replied that England, having no written constitution, could not serve as a model. Re-elected to the National Convention in 1792, he became a leading Girondin orator under the influence of Madame Roland, attacked Marat and proposed a guard drawn from the departments to protect the Convention. Proscribed with the Girondins on 2 June 1793, he fled to Normandy and helped organize the revolt there. He later hid near Bordeaux and in 1794 was found dead with Pétion, most likely by suicide.
Career timeline
1789Elected for the Third Estate of the bailliage of Évreux to the Estates-General; called for the nationalization of church property.
1791After Varennes, cited English precedent to argue that the king could be tried; Barnave rebutted him.
1792Presided over the criminal tribunal at Évreux, then was elected to the National Convention for the Eure and joined the Girondins.
1793Proscribed with the Girondins on 2 June; fled to Normandy and helped organize the revolt against the Convention.
1794Found dead with Pétion after hiding near Bordeaux.
