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| 1754 | Birth |  |
| 2nd Feb Birth of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord |
| 1780 | Agent General French Clergy | |
| Paris Appointed Agent General of the French Clergy |
| 1785 | Inventory Church Properties in France | |
| Instrumental in drafting a general inventory of church properties in France |
| 1788 | Bishop of Autun | |
| Autun Appointed Bishop of Autun, a bishopric that is something of a family possession |
| 1789 | Civil Constitution of the Clergy | |
| Paris Proposes the Civil Constitution of the Clergy that nationalizes the Church & swears in the 2 two constitutional bishops |
| 1789 | Declaration of Rights of Man | |
| Aug Paris Talleyrand-Perigord participates in the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man |
| 26th Aug Paris "First Article - Men are born & remain free & equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common utility" |
| 26th Aug Paris The Declaration sets out the rights of French citizens & to all men without exception |
| 26th Aug Paris The Declaration ss adopted by the National Constituent Assembly as the first step towards a written constitution |
| 1789 | Election | |
| Paris Elected to the Estates General, represents the clergy, the First Estate |
| 1789 | Estates General | |
| Paris Elected to the Estates General, represents the clergy, the First Estate |
| 1789 | Nationalization | |
| Paris Proposes the Civil Constitution of the Clergy that nationalizes the Church & swears in the 2 two constitutional bishops |
| 1789 | Reform | |
| 10th Oct Autun Proposes to issue assignats to be payed for by the confiscation of Church property |
| 1790 | Reform | |
| 10th Oct Autun Assignats become legal tender |
| 1791 | Excommunication of Talleyrand Perigord | |
| Talleyrand-Perigord resigns as Bishop following his excommunication by Pope Pius VI |
| Paris Talleyrand-Perigord resigns as Bishop following his excommunication by Pope Pius VI |
| 1792 | Arrest | |
| Dec Because of Talleyrand-Perigord's aristocratic background the National Convention issue a warrant for his arrest |
| 1792 | Diplomacy | |
| Sent twice to Britain to avoid war |
| 1792 | Envoy | |
| Appointed Envoy to England |
| 1792 | Exile of Talleyrand Perigord | |
| Talleyrand-Perigord leaves Paris for England just at the beginning of September Massacres, declines ‚migr‚ status |
| Dec Because of Talleyrand-Perigord's aristocratic background the National Convention issue a warrant for his arrest |
| 1794 | Exile of Talleyrand Perigord | |
| Forced to leave Britain by Pitt's expulsion order, then arrives at the United States until his return to France in 1796 |
| 1796 | Exile of Talleyrand Perigord | |
| Talleyrand-Perigord returns to France |
| 1797 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1799 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Paris Napoleon's younger brother, Lucien Bonaparte, & Talleyrand-Perigord are instrumental in the coup d'‚tat of 18 Brumaire |
| 1799 | Excommunication of Talleyrand Perigord | |
| The Pope also releases Talleyrand-Perigord from the ban of excommunication |
| 1799 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister by Naoleon |
| 1804 | Grand Chamberlain | |
| Appointed Grand Chamberlain and Vice-elector of the Empire by Napoleon |
| 1806 | Prince de Benevent | |
| Benevent Appointed Prince de Benevent by Napoleon |
| 1807 | Dismissal | |
| Dismissed by Napolen but kept on as Vice-Grand Elector |
| 1807 | Resignation | |
| Talleyrand-Perigord resigns as minister of foreign affairs over his opposition to the Franco-Russian Alliance |
| 1814 | Congress of Vienna | |
| Vienna France's chief representitive at the Congress of Vienna |
| 1814 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Helps restore the Bourbon Monarchy & appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1814 | Restoration | |
| Talleyrand-Perigord is one of the key creators of the restoration of the Bourbons |
| 1814 | Rule of Alsace | |
| 30th May Alsace Under the treaty of Paris France can keep Alsace |
| 30th May Alsace Lorraine Under the treaty of Paris France can keep Alsace |
| 1814 | Rule of Savoy | |
| 30th May Savoy Under the treaty of Paris France can keep Savoy |
| 1814 | Treaty of Paris | |
| 30th May Paris France does not need to pay an indeminity for the war |
| 30th May Paris France keeps parts of Belgium, Savoy, Alsace & the Rhineland |
| 30th May Paris France returns to its 1792 boundaries with no reparations, with French control over Papal Avignon and Salm |
| 30th May Paris France returns to the 1792 frontiers |
| 30th May Paris Holland is given Belgium & Norway, Northern Italy is shared out by Austria & Piedmont |
| 30th May Paris Talleyrand-Perigord signs the treaty of Paris , due, in part, to his skills that the terms of the treaty are remarkably lenient towards France |
| 30th May Paris The treaty calls for a Congress in Vienna to "preserve the balance of power in Europe" |
| 1815 | President | |
| Appointed President of the Council |
| 1830 | Ambassador | |
| London Appointed Ambassador to Britain |
| 1834 | Quadruple Alliance | |
| Instrumental in forming the Quadruple Alliance |
| 1838 | Death | |
| 17th May Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord |
