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National Assembly in the Jeu de Paume
Ball or tennis court (Jacques-Louis David, 1791). -
Womens demanding
Women's march on Versailles, demanding bread. -
Bastille Day
The beginning of the Revolution (Jean-Pierre Houël, 1789) -
Declarations of Man and of the Citizen
Declarations of Man and of the Citizen, abolition of the Ancien Regime. -
France was divided into departments
France was divided into departments; Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa did not get their own department. -
The arrest of Louis XVl and his family at Varennes
Louis XVl 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 XVl and his family at Varennes, Thomas Falcon Mashail, 1854). -
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). -
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen
Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen. -
Dominique Garat defended the Basque foruak
Dominique Garat defended the Basque foruak when the only law for all France was proclaimed. -
The French Republic was established
The French Republic was established, with the symbols that endure to this day. Marseillaise became the national anthem in 1795 -
Louis XVI was guillotined
Louis XVI was guillotined, acussed of treason. -
The Wars of the Convention
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