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Creation of the National Assembly
The formation of the National Assembly was cause of the Third Estate becoming frustrated with King Louis XVI. It existed for a short period of time before a larger group of authority formed. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a swear-in that they would not leave until a new constitution of France had been made. -
Storming of the Bastille
The commoners, with the help of French guards, overthrow the Bastille and release prisoners. They took ammunition and guns, and tore the Bastille brick by brick down. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man is the result from the Tennis Court Oath, the "new constitution of France". -
Women's March on Versailles
The common women became a mob and gathered weapons to march to Versailles. Their upset was over the climbing price of bread and the scarcity of food for the children of France. -
Proposal of the Guillotine
Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin suggests the use of the guillotine, a swift executing device that sets all people equal underneath the blade. -
Civil Constitution of Clergy
The document subordinated the Catholic Church to the new order. It reduced their influence dramatically. -
Flight to Varennes
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette tried to flee France but were upheld in the small village of Varennes, a few miles out from the Austrian border. -
September Massacres
Several killings across the cities such as Paris of prisoners at the time who could be a threat to the radical movements. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI is executed in front of thousands. -
Creation of Committee of Public Safety
The Committee helped protected against internal rebellion against the new order. Robespierre was a significant member and helped guide it in the Jacobin vision. -
Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
Marat, a influential radical speaker and authority figure, is murdered in his medicinal bath by Girondin-sympathizer Charlotte Corday. -
Execution of Charlotte Corday
Girondin-sympathizer, Charlotte Corday, is sentenced to death and swiftly executed days after the murder of radical Jean-Paul Marat. -
Reign of Terror
A period of violence throughout France where the majority of royalty and Girondins plus those who objected the Jacobin's way of rule were brutally executed by guillotine. -
Execution of Robespierre
Becoming extremely violent and extreme, the leader of the Committee of Public Affairs was executed after his failed attempt of suicide. -
Creation of the Directory
The Directory was the government set up by revolutionaries that lasted for approximately four years before being overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Napoleon's Marriage Ceremony
Napoleon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Marie-Josephe-Rose Tascher. -
Napoleon Gains Control
Napoleon gains complete control as First Consul of France in the French Consulate (government that replaced the Directory).
