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Enlightenment: The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes
Book written by Thomas Hobbes and published in 1651. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. -
Enlightenment: The publication of the Social Contract by Rousseau
A 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society. -
The Monarchy: Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are married
In 16th May 1770, Louis XIV married to Marie Antoinette. The French Dauphin Marries Marie Antoinette was married to him and resisted the advice of constitutional monarchists who sought to do it nine months later. -
The Monarchy: Louis XVI is crowned
On May 10, 1774, Louis Auguste became Louis XVI upon the death of his grandfather, Louis XV. -
Constitution/Declaration: Tennis Court Oath
On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". -
Angry Mobs: Women’s March on Versailles
Known as the October March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. -
Angry Mobs: Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
Constitution/Declaration: The first Constitution of France
The short-lived French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. -
Terror/The Committee of Public Safety: The formation of the Committee of Public Safety
Formed the provisional government in France during the Reign of Terror, a phase of the French Revolution. -
Terror/The Committee of Public Safety: The massacre in Lyon
When French Republican forces laid siege and captured the city of Lyon, which was the center of a revolt against the French government during the War of the First Coalition.
