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When the Revolution broke out he had already gained a reputation as a brilliant advocate at Bordeaux. In 1790 he was made administrator of the Gironde and in 1791 president of the criminal tribunal. In this year he was elected to the Legislative Assembly as one of the brilliant group of deputies known subsequently as Girondins or Girondists.

As a supporter of the constitution of 1791 he joined the Jacobin club, and here and in the Assembly became an eloquent advocate of all the measures directed against real or supposed traitors to the constitution. He bitterly attacked the ministers of Louis XVI, and was largely instrumental in forcing the king to accept the Girondist ministry of March 15, 1792Events January 25 The London Corresponding Society is founded. February 20 The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. March 16 King of Sweden Gustav III Shot in the back by Jaco. He was an ardent advocate of the policy of forcing Louis XVI into harmony with the Revolution; moved ( May 3May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). There are 242 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1494 Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1791 The May Constitution of Poland (first modern constitution in Europe) is pr) for the dismissal of the kings non-juring confessor, for the banishment of all non-juring priests (May 16), for the disbandment of the royal guard (May 30), and the formation in Paris of a camp of fderiis ( June 4June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. Events 780 BC The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China. 1039 Henry II becomes King of Germany. 1615 Forces under the shogun Tokugawa).

He remained a royalist, however, and with GensonnéArmand Gensonn ( August 10, 1758 October 31, 1793) was a French politician. The son of a military surgeon, he was born at Bordeaux. He studied law, and at the outbreak of the French Revolution, he was an advocate of the parlement of Bordeaux. In 1790 he b and VergniaudPierre Victurnien Vergniaud ( May 31, 1753 October 31, 1793) was a French orator and revolutionary. He was born at Limoges, the son of a merchant who lost most of his money by speculation. The boy was sent to the college of the Jesuits at Limoges, where h even addressed a letter to the king soliciting a private interview. Whatever negotiations may have resulted, however, were cut short by the insurrection of August 10August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 143 days remaining. The term "the 10th of August" is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on August 10, 1792, th. Guadet, who presided over the Assembly during part of this fateful day, put himself into vigorous opposition to the insurrectionary Commune of Paris, and it was on his motion that on August 30August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. Events 1574 Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master 1813 Battle of Kulm French forces defeated by Austrian- Prussian- Russian alliance the Assembly voted its dissolution a decision reversed on the following day. In September Guadet was returned by a large majority as deputy to the Convention.

At the trial of Louis XVI he voted for an appeal to the people and for the death sentence, but with a respite pending appeal. In March 1793 he had several conferences with DantonGeorges Jacques Danton ( October 26, 1759 April 5, 1794) was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution. Born at Arcis-sur-Aube, in France, his family was respectable, though not wealthy. They managed to give him a good education, and h, who was anxious to bring about a rapprochement between the Girondists and the Mountain during the war in La Vendée, but he unconditionally refused to join hands with the man whom he held responsible for the massacres of September.

Involved in the fall of the Girondists, and his arrest being decreed on June 2, 1793, he fled to Caen, and afterwards hid in his father's house at St Emilion. He was discovered and taken to Bordeaux, where, after his identity had been established, he was guillotined on the 17th of June 1794.

See J Guadet, Les Girondins (Paris, 1889); and FA Aulard, Les Orateurs de la legislative et de la convention (Paris, 2nd ed., 1906).

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica