Charles Xavier Joseph de Franque Ville d'Abancourt (1758 - 1792) was a French statesman, and a nephew of Calonne. Events June 12 - French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg - James Wolfes attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

He was Louis XVI's last minister of war (July 1792), and organised the defence of the Tuileries for August 10. Commanded by the Legislative Assembly to send away the Swiss guards, he refused, and was arrested for treason to the nation and sent to Orléans to be tried. Louis XVI Louis XVI (August 23, 1754 - January 21, 1793), was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then King of the French in 1791-1792. ... This page is a list of French defence ministers. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Up to 1871 the Tuileries Palace was a palace in Paris, France, on the right bank of the River Seine. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... . A Legislative Assembly in British constitutional thought is the second-to-top or third-to-top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, inferior to an Executive Council and equal to or inferior to a Legislative Council. ... Swiss Guards have been Swiss who fought for various European powers from the 15th century until the 19th century, called up from the separate Swiss cantons and placed at the disposal of various foreign powers by treaties (the capitulations), in return for money payments. ... This article is about Orléans, France; for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation). ...

At the end of August the Assembly ordered Abancourt and the other prisoners at Orléans to be transferred to Paris with an escort commanded by Claude Fournier, the American. At Versailles they learned of the massacres at Paris, and Abancourt and his fellow-prisoners were murdered in cold blood on September 8, 1792. Fournier was unjustly charged with complicity in the crime. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Claude Fournier LHéritier (December 21, 1745 - 1825), was a French revolutionary, nicknamed lAmericain (the American). He was born at Auzon (Haute-Loire), the son of a poor weaver, and went to America to seek his fortune. ... Versailles, formerly the capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ...