age of enlightenment and french revolution

  • May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General

    to address the country's financial and political crisis
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille
  • Women's March on Versailles

    a riot that took place during this first stage of the French Revolution.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man
  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    guillotined in the Place de la Révolution in Paris on January 21, 1793.
  • Reign of Terror

    a violent period during the French Revolution, primarily between September 1793 and July 1794
  • Maximillian Robespierre's execution

    executed by guillotine on July 28, 1794