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Meeting of General estates
In 1789, the King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General. He called the meeting because the French government was having financial problems. -
Storming of Bastille
On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is an important document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Women's March on Versailles
On October 4, 1789, a crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians, including some men, and marched toward Versailles, arriving tired and wet -
France declares war on Austria
on April 20, 1792 France declares war on Austria, and Prussia aligns with Austria. Louis XVI in angry mob during Invasion of the Tuileries. -
Execution of the king
the execution of Louis XVI, by the guillotine, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Revolution Square in Paris. It was a major event of the Revolution. -
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Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror lasted from September 1793 until the death of Robespierre in 1794. Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. -
Execution of the queen
Marie Antoinette was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution on 16 October 1793. -
Execution of Robespierre
Robespierre was guillotined without trial in the Place de la Révolution. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution. -
Napoleon’s Coup d'etat
Napoleon rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution. After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.
