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Bastille day
Bastille day, the beginning of the revolution (Jean- Perrie Houël, 1789) -
National Assembly
National assembly in the Jeu de Paume, ball or tennis court ( Jacques- Louis Davd, 1791) -
Dominique Garat
Dominique Garat defended the Basque foruak when the only law for all France was proclaimed -
womens march on versailles
On October 1789, women's march on Versailles, demanding bread. -
Declaration of rights
Declaration of the rigths of Man and of the citizen, abolition of the Anciem regime -
France divided
1790, France was divided into departments; Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa did not get their own department. -
Olympe de gouges
Olympe de gouges wrote the declaration of the rigths of woman and the female citizens -
The National Convention
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 Robespierre, 1790). -
Louis XVI
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). -
French republic
On September 1792, the French Republic was established, with the symbols that endure to this day. Marseillaise became the national anthem in 1795 -
Louis XVI was guillotined
On January 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined, acussed of treason -
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At the time of the conventory
The Wars of the Convention (1793-1795) shook Europe. On the left, Battle of 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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The wars of the convention
The Wars of the Convention (1793-1795) shook Europe. On the left, Battle of 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.