Events from the year 1790 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XVI
Events
4 February - Louis XVI declares to the National Assembly that he will maintain the constitutional laws. 4 March - France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces, in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land. July - Louis XVI accepts a constitutional monarchy. 12 July - The Civil Constitution of the Clergy law is passed. 14 July - The Fête de la Fédération is held. 31 August - Nancy affair. 4 September - Résignation of Jacques Necker. 24 October - Tricolour adopted as the flag of France by the Constituent Assembly. 24 November - The Constituent Assembly passes a law requiring all Roman Catholic priests to swear an oath of acceptance of the new Constitution.
Births 6 March - Jacques Arago 1 April - Auguste Couder 9 June - Abel-François Villemain 29 July - Nicolas Martin du Nord 7 August - Jean-Claude Colin 21 October - Alphonse de Lamartine 10 November - Jean René Constant Quoy 27 November - Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes 6 December - Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant 20 December - Jean Joseph Vaudechamp
Deaths 6 May - Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert 24 May - François-Henri Clicquot 3 July - Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle 17 October - André Désilles
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