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Facts

Also Known As Constitution Civile du Clergé
Date July 12, 1790
Context French Revolution

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Timeline

Jacques-Louis David: The Tennis Court Oath
Tennis Court Oath
June 20, 1789
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
July 12, 1790
Napoleon I
French Revolutionary wars
April 1792 - c. 1801
September Massacres
September 2, 1792 - September 6, 1792
Wars of the Vendée
February 1793 - July 1796
Pierre-Antoine Demachy: Une Exécution capitale, place de la Révolution
Reign of Terror
September 5, 1793 - July 27, 1794
Thermidorian Reaction
July 27, 1794
Coup of 18 Fructidor
September 4, 1797
Coup of 18–19 Brumaire
November 9, 1799 - November 10, 1799

Key People

Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French statesman and diplomat
Henri Grégoire
French prelate