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Events on Monday 12 July 1790 1
1790Civil Constitution of the Clergy EnactedFrench National Assembly subordinates the Catholic Church to the stateThe French National Assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, reorganizing the Catholic Church in France and requiring clergy to swear an oath of loyalty to the state. The measure deeply divided the French clergy and population, fueling counter-revolutionary sentiment.