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The Beginning of the French Revolution
They begian the first part of the French Revolution -
French revolutionaries storm Bastille
The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of the abuse of the monarchy -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
adopted on 26 August 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly, during the period of the French Revolution, as the first step toward writing a constitution for France. -
Flight to Varennes
significant episode in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, his queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution at the head of loyal troops under royalist officers concentrated at Montmédy near the frontier. -
King Louis XVI accepts the new constitution
He accepts the constitution and signs it the next day -
(French Revolution)
The day of 10 August (French: journée) resulted in the fall of the French monarchy after storming the Tuileries Palace by the National Guard of the Insurrectional Paris Commune and revolutionary fédérés from Marseilles and Brittany. -
Execution of Louis XVI
It was a major event of the French Revolution. After events on the 10 August 1792, which saw the fall of the monarchy after the attack on the Tuileries by insurgents, Louis was arrested, interned in the Temple prison with his family -
Law of Suspects
was a decree passed by the Committee of Public Safety on 17 September 1793, during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. -
execution of Marie-Antoinette
After the fall of the monarchy on the 10th of August 1792, the dethroned Queen was imprisoned in the Tower of the Temple, along with her husband, Louis XVI, their children and Madame Elisabeth, the King’s younger sister. -
Kościuszko Uprising
The Kościuszko Uprising was an uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia[1] led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Commonwealth of Poland and the Prussian partition in 1794. -
Robespierre overthrown in France
On July 27, 1793, Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety, which was formed in April to protect France against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the government. -
13 Vendémiaire
13 Vendémiaire Year 4 is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. -
Napolean
Napoléon drew up a plan for an Italian campaign. On October 26, 1795, with the help of Barras, Napoléon was named Commander in Chief of the Army of Italy.