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june 1789
On june 1789, National Assembly in the Jeu de Paume, ball or tennis court(Jacques-Louis David, 1791) -
14 July 1789
On 14 July 1789, Bastille Day, the beginning of the Revolution(Jean-Pierre Houël, 1789) -
26 August 1789
On 26 August 1789, declaration of the Rigths of Man and of the Citizen, abolition of Ancien Regime -
1790
1790, France was divided into departments; Lapurdi, Nafarroa Behera and Zuberoa did not get their own department -
October 1789
On October 1789, women's march on Versaille, demanding bread. -
1791
The National Convention began in 1791. It grew more radical over time. That period was know as The Terror and it reached its peak during the Robespierre dictatorship ( Maximilien Robesierre, 1790) -
1791
1791, Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of woman and the Female Citizen -
1791
1791, Dominique Garat defended the Basque foruak when the only law for all France was proclaimed -
September 1791
On September 1791, Louis XVI was forced to sign the Constitution and the constitutional monarchy was established. A few months earlier, in June, the king tried to flee from Paris. He was caught in Varennes( The arrest of Louis XVI and his family at Varennes, Thomas Falcon Mashall, 1854 -
September 1792
On September 1792, the French Republicwas established, with the symbol that endure to this day. Marseillaise became the national anthem in 1795 -
January 1793
On January 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined, acussed of treason. -
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The Wars of the Convention(1793-1795)
The Wars of the Convention(1793-1795) shook Europe. On the left, Battle Fleurus, Belgium(Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, 1837). On the right, the victory of Baztan. In fact the French troops conquered the south of the Basque Country -
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At the time of the Directory(1795-1799)
At the time of the Directory(1795-1799), Napoleon, fighting against the European powers, invaded Italy and Egypt (The battle of the Pyramids, Francois-Louis-Joseph Watteau, 1798-1799)