1790 in France explained

Events from the year 1790 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XVI^[1]

Events

• 4 February - Louis XVI declares to the National Assembly that he will maintain the constitutional laws.
• 4 March - France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces, in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
• July - Louis XVI accepts a constitutional monarchy.
• 12 July - The Civil Constitution of the Clergy law is passed.
• 14 July - The Fête de la Fédération is held.
• 31 August - Nancy affair.
• 4 September - Résignation of Jacques Necker.
• 24 October - Tricolour adopted as the flag of France by the Constituent Assembly.
• 24 November - The Constituent Assembly passes a law requiring all Roman Catholic priests to swear an oath of acceptance of the new Constitution.^[2]

Births

• 6 March - Jacques Arago
• 1 April - Auguste Couder
• 9 June - Abel-François Villemain
• 29 July - Nicolas Martin du Nord
• 7 August - Jean-Claude Colin
• 21 October - Alphonse de Lamartine
• 10 November - Jean René Constant Quoy
• 27 November - Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes
• 6 December - Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
• 20 December - Jean Joseph Vaudechamp

Deaths

• 6 May - Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert
• 24 May - François-Henri Clicquot
• 3 July - Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle
• 17 October - André Désilles

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XVI . www.bbc.co.uk . 24 June 2022.
2. Book: Vovelle, Michel. The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792. Cambridge University Press. 1984. 131.