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Louis XVI convokes État-général on suggestion of former finance minister Jacques Necker, to hear grievances
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Summoning of the Estates-General
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Tennis Court Oath
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King rejects Resolutions of the tiers etat
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National Assembly declares itself Constituent Assembly
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Storming of the Bastille
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Surrender of Feudal Rights
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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Outbreak of Paris mob
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Constitution accepted by King Louis XV
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Flight to Varennes of the Royal Family
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Declaration of Pillnitz
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French declare war against Austria
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Execution of Louis XVI
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Abolition of the worship of God: Cult of Reason
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Festival of the Supreme Being
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Fall of Maximilien Robespierre
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Constitution of 1795
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Convention dissolved; Directory begins
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The Coup d'Etat of Brumaire (18 Brumaire); end of the Directory
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Constitution of the Year VIII: Dictatorship of Napoleon established under the Consulate
