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Lois XVI
Louis XVI convokes État-général on suggestion of former finance minister Jacques Necker, to hear grievances -
Opening
Opening of the État-général at Versailles -
National Assembly
: National Assembly declares itself Constituent Assembly -
Removal
Removal of civil disabilities against Jews. -
election
Mirabeau elected President of the French Assembly. -
declare war
France declares war on Austria, but French army flees at sight of the enemy -
Marie Antoinette
Marie-Antoinette tried and executed. -
Constitution
Constitution of Year III approved, establishing Directory. -
leaders
Leaders of Babeuf’s “Conspiracy of Equals” arrested. -
Napoleon
Napoleon consecrated as Emperor.
