20 sept. 1792 - The newly elected National Convention holds
its first session behind closed doors, in the Salle
du Manège, the former riding school of the
Tuileries Palace, and elects its Bureau
Description:
Of the 749 deputies, 113 are Jacobins, who take their seats in the highest benches in the hall, the Montagne (Mountain), thus their nickname of Montagnards, the "Mountaineers".
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