French Revolution: Was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.
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The Royal Treasury Was Empty
When 16 Louis ascended to the throne the Royal treasury was empty this happened because the kings before him spent large sums of money to maintain the courts at Versailles. They also spent money on the war. -
The Seige and Surrender of the Bastille
This occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political 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 seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuses of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. -
Women's March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles, also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. Woman started to demand bread for their families. -
The Rise of the Political Clubs
Political clubs were an important feature of the French Revolution from late 1789. These clubs began as another type of social event, not like the salons, circles and literary associations of the 1780s, with like-minded people gathering to discuss political matters. -
Overthrow of the Monarchy
In June 1791 the suspicions against Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette became certainties for most of the people when the king and queen, with their children, tried to escape. They were captured at Varennes, on the edge of the Argonne, before they reached the French border. -
The Royal Family Flees Paris
The Flight to Varennes. In the night of 20–21 June, the King, the Queen and their children slip out of the Tuileries Palace and flee by carriage in the direction of Montmédy. -
French victory at Valmy
The Battle of Valmy was the first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars that followed the French Revolution. The action took place on 20 September 1792 as Prussian troops commanded by the Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris. Generals François Kellermann and Charles Dumouriez stopped the advance near the northern village of Valmy in Champagne-Ardenne. -
Execution of 16 Louis
In a vote lasting twenty-one hours, 361 deputies vote for the death penalty, and 360 against (including 26 for a death penalty followed by a pardon). The Convention rejects a final appeal to the people. Louis XVI is beheaded at 10:22 on Place de la Revolution. The commander of the execution, Antoine Joseph Santerre, orders a drum roll to drown out his final words to the crowd. -
Jean-Paul Marat is killed
Charlotte Corday assassinates Jean-Paul Marat in his bath. At her trial, she declares, "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand." -
The End of the French Revolution
He arrived in time to lead a coup against the Directory in 1799, eventually stepping up and naming himself “first consul" effectively, the leader of France. With Napoleon at the helm, the Revolution ended, and France entered a fifteen-year period of military rule.
