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Meeting of Estates-General
A meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan.
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Storming of Bastille
The storming and fall of the Bastille. -
Rights of man
The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
Flight to varennes
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution -
Acceptance of new constitution
King Louis XVI accepts the new constitution -
First terror begins
Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Overthrow of the monarchy. France is now a republic. Today is perhaps even more important in French history than July 14, 1789. The First Terror begins. It will end on September 20, 1792. -
Sentence to guillotine
Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine. -
Law of Suspects
The Law of Suspects is passed, authorizing the creation of revolutionary tribunals to try those suspected of treason against the Republic and to punish those convicted with death -
Queens defense
people defended the queen before the beggining of the revolutionary tribunal -
Jacques Rene Hebert
Jacques René Hébert — main man of the sansculottes, leader of the Club of the Cordeliers, supporter of the Reign of Terror — and 17 revolutionaries who agreed with him, are guillotined -
Robespierre arrest
The National Convention arrests Robespierre. -
Royalists
Royalists run riot in Paris and get crushed by republican troops, led by Bonaparte. -
The french directory
Last day of the National Convention. Tomorrow it will be replaced by the Conseil des Cinq-Cents (Council of Five Hundred), which in turn will elect the Directory. Napoleon Bonaparte is the new general of the Army of the Interior."The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created."
