Deaths on July 29

René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou

Died on July 29, 1792

René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)

René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou (French: [mopu]; 25 February 1714 – 29 July 1792) was a French lawyer, politician, and chancellor of France, whose attempts at reform signalled the failure of enlightened despotism in France. He is best known for his effort to destroy the system of parlements, which were powerful regional courts, in 1770–74. When King Louis XV died in 1774, the parlements were restored and Maupeou lost power.

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20 Feb

United States Postal Service
The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
5 Apr

Veto
United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
20 Apr

French Revolutionary Wars
France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
21 Apr

Hanged, drawn and quartered
Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
28 Apr

French Revolutionary Wars
France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.

Deaths on July 29

René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou

Died on July 29, 1792

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