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a timeline of the French Revolution

By chriswh

  • King Louis and the assembly

    After bad harvests and costly wars, king Louis XVI is forced to convene the estates gene assembly (meeting of representatives of the three estates) in order to raise taxes.

  • tennis court oath

    Tennis Court Oath. Nat. Ass. resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution.

  • paris mob

    Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob.

  • jacobinclub formed

    Nobles in National Assembly renounce feudal rights; Jacobin Club formed.

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man.

    Assembly issues Declaration of the Rights of Man.

  • King Louis

    King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris.

  • King flees to Austria

    June 20-21, 1791: King flees to Austria, is caught at Varennes.

  • Paris mob storms royal palace

    Paris mob storms royal palace; Legislative Assembly government collapse. Minister of Justice Danton purges (kills) thousands of presumed traitors (enemies of the state).

  • National Convention

    Sept. 21, 1792: National Convention (new gov’t) abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic.

  • Day 1 of new Revolutionary calendar

    Day 1 of new Revolutionary calendar

  • Revolutionary calendar introduced

    Revolutionary calendar introduced with new day and month names.

  • king executed

    National Convention condemns and executes the King.

  • Counter-revolution

    Counter-revolutionary revolt in the Vendee region begins.

  • "Reign of Terror"

    "Reign of Terror" by Committee of Public Safety (Robespierre) begins.

  • administrative reform

    Price controls put into place by the government, dechristianization (ex. saints names removed from street names), administrative reform (i.e. changes in how the government operates