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1790
France was divided into departments; Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa did not get their own department -
on October 1789
women's march on Versailles, demanding bread -
on june 1789
National Assembly in the Jeu de Paume, ball or tennis court (Jacques-Louis David, 1791) -
on 14 July 1789
Bstille Day, the beginning of the Revolution (Jean-Pierre Houel, 1789) -
on 26 August 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen, abolition of the Ancien Regime -
1791
Dominique Garat defended the Basque foruak when the only law for all France was proclaimed -
1791
Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen -
The National Convention
The National Convention began in 1791. It grew more radical over time. That period was known as The Terror and it reached it's peak during the Robespierre dictatorship (Maximilien Robespierre, 1790) -
on September 1791
Louis XVI was forced to sign the Constitution and the constitutional monarchywas established. A few months earlier, in June, the king tried to flee from Paris. He was caught in Varennes (The arrest of Louis XVI and his family at Varennes, Thomas Falcon Mashall, 1845). -
on September 1792
The French Republic was established, with the symbols that endure to this day. Marseillaise became the national anthem in 1975 -
on January 1793
Louis XVI was guillotined, acussed of treason -
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The Wars of the Convention (1793-1795)
The Wars of the Convention (1793-1795) shook Europe. On the left, Battle of Fleureus, Belgium (Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, 1837). On the right, the Victory of Baztan. In fact, the French troops conquered the south of the Basque Country. -
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At the time of the Dictatory (1795-1799)
Napoleon, fighting againts the European powers, invaded Italy and Egypt (The Battle of the Pyramids, Francois-Louis-Joseph Watteau, 1798-1799