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The Creation of the National Assembly
A revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estates. -
The Tennis Court Oath
The members of the French Estates General for the
Three Estates, who had begun to call themselves the
National Assembly, vowing "not to separate, and to
resemble wherever circumstances require, until the
constitution, until the constitution of the kingdom is
established. -
Storming of the Bastille
The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison which represents the Royal authority in the center of Paris. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Men
A fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Woman march of Versailles
An angry mob of nearly 7,000 working woman who are armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets. -
Flight to Varennes
A significant episode in which king Louis the XVI of France, his queen, and his immediate family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter revolution at the head of royal troops under royalist officers concentrated at Montmedy near the frontier. -
The September Massacres
A wave of killings in Paris and other cities. -
The Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis the XVI was convicted of conspiracy and was executed for treason by Guillotine. -
The Convention declares war on Great Britain and Holland
The Convention declares war on Great Britain and Holand -
The Convention declares war on Spain
The Convention declares war on Spain -
The Reign of Terrior
A period of violence that occurred after the onset of
the French Revolution. -
The Execution of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by guillotine. -
The Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
Robespierre was accused of corruption and so he had
to be executed and that was the day of his death. -
Louis XVII's death
He dies of medical causes while in prison. -
The Creation of the Directory
A group of five men who held the executive power in
France according to the constitution of the year III of
the French Revolution. -
Napoleon Gains Control
Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution and then he crowned himself as Emperor. -
The Creation of the Committee of Public Safety
Supervises the ministers and to take defensive measures against external and domestic foes in emergency situations. -
The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
Marat was a French politician, physician, and journalist, a leader of the radical Montagnard faction during the
French Revolution. He was assassinated in his bath
by Charlotte Corday, a young Girondin conservative.
