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Part I: Society of 1789
May 12, 1790: Marquis de Lafayette joins with Jean-Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, to form the Society of 1789. The group's charter includes several articles seeking to oppose the influence of the Jacobin Club. A policy on Danton and Marat's Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen are slow to form. The next day, the Society's leadership ranks are grown with the induction of Donatien Alphonse François de Sade. By the end of the year, membership has already founded committees in almost every Departement of France.
June 19, 1790: All aristocratic, hereditary titles are abolished in France. While de Sade had already taken to calling himself Citizen Sade, Lafayette readily took to his new (lack of) position.
August 18, 1790: Royalists and emigres gathered at Jales in southern France form the first counter-revolutionary assembly.
September 3, 1790: Chief Minister Jacques Necker steps down as financial minister to the King. Offers by Lafayette to join the Society of 1789 are rebuffed.
OoC: This timeline is probably going to take me a long time to complete. Mostly because I'll be stitching the story together as I go. I will post a new part once a week for now, but if anyone has comments / criticisms / suggestions (which are very welcome) I can respond. Thank you for reading this ATL.