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Women's march
On October 1789, women's made a march on Versailles demanding bread. -
National Assembly
On June 1789 the National Assembly was invented. It existed from 17 June 1789 to 9 July 1789. It worked as a revolutionary assembly of the KIngdom of France. It became a legislative body known as the National Constituent Assembly. -
Bastille Day
This day was the beginnig of the French Revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was signed and the Ancien Regime disappeared. -
Division of France
In 1790 France was divided into departments; Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa did not get their own department. -
National Convention
The National Convention began in 1791. It grew more radical over time. That period was know as The Terror and it reached its peak during the Robespierre dictatorship -
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
In1791 Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. -
Basque foruak
In 1791 Dominique Garat defended the Basque Foruak when the only law for all France was proclaimed. -
Signing of the Cinstitution
Louis XVI was forced to sign the Constitution and the constitutional monarchy was established. A few months earlier, In June, the king tried to flee from Paris. -
The French Republic was established
The French Republic was established, with the symbols that endure to his day. Marseillase became the national anthem in 1795. -
Louis XVI was guillotined
On January 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined, acused of treason. -
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The Wars of the Convention
The Wars of the Convention (1793-1795) shook Europe. On the left, Battle of Fleurus, Belgium. On the right, the victory of Baztan. In fact, the French troops conquered the south of the Basque Country. -
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The Directory
At the time of the Directory, Napoleon, fighting against the European powers, invaded Italy and Egypt.