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January 21, 1793. Execution of Louis XVI. After being tried and condemned by the Convention, and all the maneuvers of the moderates to save his life failed, the king was guillotined in the Plaza de la Revolución at ten o'clock and twenty-two minutes. The roll of drums prevents your voice from being heard. The executioner raises his head before a shocked crowd, who learned that same morning of the murder of the deputy Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau by a former bodyguard.
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The situation worsened in the 1780s, after a series of bad harvests, which produced a rise in prices, especially bread.
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June 20, 1789. Oath of the Jeu de Paume.
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July 14, 1789. Storming of the Bastille.
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August 26, 1789. The National Constituent Assembly of France approves the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. 17 articles that broke with absolutism equalizing all citizens before the law and establishing popular sovereignty.
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October 5, 1789,The march on Versailles was an event that took place from October 5 to 6, 1789 at the Palace of Versailles within the framework of the French Revolution. ... The protesters quickly joined the revolutionaries demanding liberal political reforms and a constitutional monarchy for France
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On the night of June 21, 1791, Louis XVI and his family left Paris in secret, in a carriage bound for the border. When they had almost reached the finish line, they were recognized and arrested.
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The French Constitution of 1791, the first written constitution in French history, was promulgated by the National Constituent Assembly on September 3, 1791 and accepted by Louis XVI. It contained the reform of the French State, leaving France configured as a constitutional monarchy.
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The day of August 10, 1792 was an insurrection, during the French Revolution, which ended the monarchy of Louis XVI, so it is also
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The coalition began with the invasion of French territory by Austria and Prussia, and as an offensive response France declared war on the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria on April 20, 1792, a war that was soon joined by the Kingdom of Prussia, Great Britain, Spain and other states.