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1791
1791, Dominique Garat defended the Basque foruak when the only law for all France was proclaimed. -
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 Roberspierre dictatorship ( Maximilien Roberspierre, 1790 ). -
1789
On October 1789, women's march on Versailles, demanding bread. -
1789
On 14 July 1789, Bastille Day the beginning of the revolution ( Jean - Pierre Houel, 1789 ). -
1789
On 26 August 1789, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, abolition of the Ancien Regime. -
1790
1790, France was divided into into departments; Lapurdi, Nafarroa Behera and Zuberoa did not get their own department. -
1793
On January 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined, acussed of treason. -
1791
On September 1791, Louis XVI was forced to sign the Constitution and the constitutional monarchy was estabilished. A few months earlier, in June, the king triedto flee from Paris. He was caught in Varennes ( The arrest of Louis XVI and his family at Varennes, Thomas Falcon Mashall, 1854 ). -
1792
On September 1792, the French Republic was estabilished, with the symbols that endure to this day. Marsellaise became the national anthem in 1795. -
1793 - 1795
The Wars of the Convention ( 1793 - 1795 ) shook Europe. On the left, Battle of Fleurus, Belgium ( Jean - Baptise Mauzaisse, 1837 ). On the right, the victory of Baztan. In fact, the French troops conquered the south of the Basque Country. -
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 ). -
1789
On June 1789, National Assembly in the Jeu de Paume ball or tennis court ( Jacques - Louis David ), 1791. -
1791
1791, Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen.