Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Years
- 1789
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Tennis Court Oath
1789Role: Leader of the Third Estate's National Assembly
- Estates-General deadlocks over voting procedure
Convened in May 1789 to address fiscal crisis, the Estates-General stalled over whether to vote by order or by head.
- Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly
On 17 June 1789 the Third Estate began calling itself the National Assembly and invited the other estates to join against the king's wishes.
- Deputies swear the Tennis Court Oath
Fearing an imminent royal attack, deputies met on Guillotin's suggestion in an indoor tennis court near Versailles and swore not to separate until a constitution was established.
- Louis XVI concedes voting by head
After the oath reinforced the Assembly despite royal attempts to thwart it, Louis XVI formally requested voting by head counts on 27 June 1789.
- Estates-General deadlocks over voting procedure
Sources
- Tennis Court Oath Wikipedia