Jacques de Flesselles
Birth: 1730
Death: 1789
Occupation: Provost of Merchants
Monsieur de Flesselles was made Provost of Merchants for the city of Paris in April 1789. Three months later he was shot dead and decapitated during the protests of 14 July 1789. The post of Provost of Merchants was replaced by a Revolutionary role—mayor of Paris—the very next day. The first person to hold that position was Jean-Sylvain Bailly.
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1789
22 July: Revolutionary Paris in July 1789
The duchess reflects on events in the Revolution so far and the rising power of Paris's new municipal government. She castigates a...
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