Narbonne, Count de.
"National Assembly," the, first proposed.
National Guard, formation of the;
fires on the people.
Necker, M.;
retires from the ministry;
invited to rejoin, and declines;
appointed prime mister;
aims at popularity;
convokes the States-general;
resumes office.
Necklace made by Boehmer, the court jeweler;
story of the, revived.
Noailles, Countess de.
Normandy, Duke of.
Notables, the Calonne, assembles;
Loménie de Brienne dismisses.
Notre Dame, public thanksgiving at, on account of the birth of Madame
Royale;
also on the occasion of the birth of the dauphin.
Oliva, Mademoiselle, and the great necklace forgery case.
Opera of "Iphigénie en Aulide" performed in Paris.
Opinion of foreign nations.
Outrages in the provinces in 1789.
Overthrow of the Girondins.
Paris Duverney.
Paris, fire-work explosion at;
state entrance of the dauphin and Marie Antoinette into;
great scarcity in, September, 1789;
riots in;
and the Reveillon riot;
riots in, July, 1789;
the court removes to;
insurrection in, June 20th, 1792;
riots in, August 5th, 1792.
Parliament, violence of the;
arrest of two of its members;
closing-up of, by the king's order;
recall of, by Necker.
Pastoret, M..
Paul, Grand Duke of Russia, visits the French court with his wife.
Peace restored between Prussia and Austria;
between France and England.
Peasant, the, at Fontainebleau.
People's Friend, The, a newspaper published by the Revolutionists.
Pétion, M..
Pilnitz, declaration of.
Poland, the partition of.
Polastron, Madame de.
Polignac, Countess de.
Political clubs springing up in Paris.
Poll-tax, exemptions from, made by Louis XVI..
Popularity of Marie Antoinette, increasing.
Prince Charles of Lorraine, death of;
de Conti;
de Lichtenstein sent as envoy from Austria;
Ferdinand of Brunswick;
Kaunitz;
Cardinal Louis de Rohan.
Princess Adelaide;
Clotilde;
de Guimenée;
de Lamballe;
Joséphine Louise of Savoy;
of Lorraine;
Sophie of France;
of Teschen;
Victoire.
Private theatricals.
Provence, Count de, married to the Princess Joséphine Louise of Savoy.
Provence, Countess de.
Provinces, outrages in the.
Prussia allies with Russia.
and the declaration of Pilnitz.
Public thanksgiving at the birth of Madame Royale;
at the birth of the dauphin.
Race-course established in the Bois de Boulogne.
Ramond, M..
Red cap of liberty worn.
Reform, the necessity of, generally admitted;
granted by Louis XVI..
Rejoicings, general, in France at the birth of the princess;
at the birth of the dauphin.
Republic declared.
"Restorer of French Liberty," title given to the king.
Rétaux de Villette.
Retrenchment in court expenditure.
Reveillon, M., and the Paris riot.
Revolution of 1789 commenced.
Revolutionary tribunal;
trial of the queen.
Rheims, coronation of Louis XVI. at.
Richelieu, Duc de.
Ride, Marie Antoinette expresses a wish to learn to;
donkey-riding.
Riding, donkey;
horse.
Riots, formidable in some of the provinces;
in Paris;
the Reveillon, in Paris;
in Paris, July, 1789;
in Paris, June 20th, 1792;
in Paris, August 5th, 1792;
Robespierre, M.
Rochambeau, Marshal.
Roche-Aymer, Count de.
Rodney, Admiral.
Roederer, M.
Rohan, Cardinal Prince de.
Roland, Madame, urging secret assassinations of the king and queen;
and Robespierre;
death of.
Romenf, M.
"Rose of the North," a name given to the Countess de Fersen.
Rosenburg, Count de.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques.
Royal family, the, preparing to escape;
arrested;
authority suspended.
Royalists, the name first used as a reproach.
Russia allies with Prussia;
Grand Duke of, visits the French court;
Catherine Empress of.
Sabran, Abbé de.
Sahib, Tippoo, Sultan of Mysore.
Salis, M. de.
Sans-culottes.
Santerre, M., and the attack on the Bastille;
and the Paris insurrection;
and the insurgents.
Sartines, M. de.
Savonières, Marquis de.
Scarcity of food in Paris in September, 1789.
Schönbrunn, retreat at.
Seine, water-parties on the;
frozen over.
Seven Years' War, the.
Severity of the winter of 1788-'89 much felt in France.
Seville, the Barber of, the play of.
Séze, M. de.
Sieyès, Abbé.
Simolin, M.
Simon M., and the young king.
Sir Edward Hughes.
Sledging-parties.
Small-pox caught by Louis XV.;
caught by Madame Adelaide.
Snow pyramids and obelisks erected, and inscriptions made on them showing
the French people's gratitude for the charity displayed by the queen in
the winter of 1788-'89.
Soissons.
Songs of the Dames de la Halle on the occasion of the birth of the
dauphin.
Sophie Hélène Beatrice, Princess, born July 9th, 1786, died June 9th 1787.
Sovereign of France, arbitrary powers of the.
Spain and France form an alliance against the British.
Spanish squadron destroyed by the British.
St Anthony's Day.
St. Cloud, visit of the dauphin and dauphiness to;
purchased for the queen.
St Huruge, Marquis de.
St. Priest, Count de.
St. Targeau, M. de.
St Menehould, the king recognized at, while escaping from France.
Staël, Baroness de, at the opening of the States;
and the queen's last days.
States-general, need for a meeting of the;
opening of the, by Louis XVI., May 5th, 1789;
uproar in.
Statue of Louis XIV., by the Duc de la Feuillade.
Stedingk, Count de.
Stormont, Lord.
Strasburg, reception at.
Strausse, M.
Successes of the English in America.
Suffrein, Bailli de, fights with Sir E. Hughes.
Sultan of Mysore.
Supper-parties, court.
Sutherland, Lady, supplies clothes for the dauphin.
Sweden, Gustavus III., King of, at the French court;
assassination of the King of.
Swedish nobles received at the French court
Swiss Guard, under Count d'Hervilly; murder of the.
Taboureau des Reaux.
Talleyrand, Bishop of Autun.
Tarouka's, Duka of, wager.
Taxes imposed on the accession of a king and queen renounced.
Tea, introduction of, into France
Temple, the
Teresa, Maria. See Maria Teresa
Tertre, Duport de.
Teschen, peace of;
Princess of, visits her sister, the queen, in 1786.
Thanksgiving, public, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
"The Handsome," a name given to the Count Axel de Fersen.
Theatre, tumult at the.
Theatres, the dauphin and dauphiness visiting the Parisian.
Theatricals, private.
Tison, Madam, and the queen.
Titles of honor, abolition of.
Tocqueville's, M. Alexis de, opinion of the feudal system in France.
Toulan, M., and Marie Antoinette.
Toulouse, Loménie de Brienne, Archbishop of.
Tourzel, Marchioness de;
the queens writes, intrusting her children to the care of;
assumes the name of Madame de Korff.
Trial of Cardinal de Rohan and others for forgery;
of the king, December 11th, 1792.
Trianon, Little, pavilion of the, given to the queen;
the queen at the;
parties at the;
festivities at the;
the queen improving the.
Tricolor flag adopted in Paris.
Tronchet, M.
Tuileries, shabbiness of the, and removal of the court to the.
Turgot, A.R.J.;
dismissal from office.
Turgy, M.
Usages, French and Austrian.
Valenciennes, a frontier town.
Valory, M.
Varennes, the king is arrested at, in his flight from Paris.
Varicourt, M. de
Vaudreuil, Count de.
Vaudreuil, Marquis de.
Vauguyon, Duc de la.
Vergennes, Count de.
Vergniaud, M.
Vermond, Abbé de.
Versailles, Marie Antoinette and Louis married at, May 16th, 1770;
less frequented;
winter of 1779.
Veto, debates on the;
"Monsieur" and "Madame," nicknames to the king and queen.
Victoire, Princess.
Vienna, Marie Antoinette, leaving, April 26th, 1770.
Ville de Paris, ship.
Villette, Marquis de.
Vincennes, castle at, attacked by the mob.
Violence of the Parliament.
Viscount Matthieu de Montmorency.
Volatile character of the queen.
Voltaire's remark about the maritime superiority of England; return to
France, and his death.
Walpole's, Horace, observations on the beauty of the queen.
War of the Grains;
the Seven Years';
the American;
between France and England;
declared against Austria.
Water-parties on the Seine.
West Indies, French successes in the.
Winter of 1783, severity of;
of 1788-89, much distress in France in the.
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