[420] Madame Du Barry was guillotined on the 6th of December 1793—T.
[421] Dominique Joseph Garat (Cf. Vol. II., p. 106, n. 6) was sent, as Minister of Justice under the Convention, on the 20th of January 1793, to notify Louis XVI.'s condemnation to him.—T.
[422] Claude Louis Comte de Saint-Germain (1707-1778) became Minister for War to Louis XVI., in 1775, on the advice of Turgot. He effected many useful reforms, especially in the King's Military Household, but displeased the army by attempting to introduce the Austrian discipline and corporal punishment. He resigned office in 1777 and died in the course of the following year.—T.
[423] Chateaubriand was born on the 4th of September 1768.—T.
[424] Prussia declared herself a kingdom in 1701.—T.
[425] Russia underwent her greatest development under Peter the Great, whose reign lasted from 1682 to 1725.—T.
[426] Corsica was annexed to France on the 15th of August 1768.—T.
[427] Napoleon I. was born on the 15th of August 1768.—T.
[428] Cf. Vol. I., pp. 68-69.—T.
[429] American Independence was recognised by Great Britain in 1783.—T.