"... les hommes libres, propriétaires, contribuables d’une colonie, sont des colons. Or les gens de couleur dont il est question sont propriétaires, cultivateurs, contribuables, libres. Sont-ils des hommes ? Moi je le pense."
In other words:
"... free men, landowners, taxpayers of a colony, are colonists. Yet, it is disputed that people of color are landowners, farmers, taxpayers, free men. Are they men? I think so."
Massacre of the Champs de Mars
The champs de mars massacre was a bunch of the national guard shooting unarmed citizens who had met up to sign the petition for a constitutional monarchy
Pillnitz Declaration
Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England by Flemish artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck, showing the King from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three quarter profile. [more]
Legislative Assembly
The first meeting of the legislative assembly.
Pope condemns the revolution
Pope Pius VI condemns not only the Civil Constitution of the Clergy(Constitution Civile Du Clergé), but the entire Revolution.
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
Jews given citizenship
Emancipation of the Jews, who are fully recognized French citizens as of today. Protestants have enjoyed this privilege since December 24, 1789.
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution began
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
