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The palace was designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart, with architect Giardini overseeing construction from 1722 until his death in 1724, afterwhich Jacques Gabriel took over until its completion in 1728. Jacques-Germain Soufflot directed an enlargement in 1765 for Louis Joseph of Bourbon. During the French Revolution it was nationalized, and the Council of the Five Hundred met in the palace from 1798Events February- October Irish Rebellion of 1798 April 7 The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U. and Spain April 26 France a.

The nearby Hôtel de Lassay serves as the official residence of the National Assembly's presidentThis page lists Presidents of the Lower Chamber (or only chamber, as the case may be) of the French parliament. The National Constituent Assembly was created in 1789 out of the Estates-General. It, and the revolutionary legislative assemblies that followe.