oct 10, 1789 - The Assembly names Lafayette commander of the regular army in and around Paris.

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The Assembly also modifies the royal title from "King of France and Navarre" to "King of the French". Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, a doctor, member of the Assembly, proposes a new and more humane form of public execution, which eventually is named after him, the guillotine.

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