-
Louis XVI summons
May 5, 1789 Louis XVI summons Estates-General for its first meeting since 1614 -
Troops storm
Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Representatives of the French people, organized in National Assembly, considering that ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of public miseries and the corruption of governments, have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of man, -
Varennes flight
The flight to Varennes was the royal family’s failed attempt to escape Paris in June 1791. -
New Constitution
King Louis XVI of France accepts the French Constitution of 1791 named new constitution. -
Tuileries palace
On August 10th 1792, a little more than three years after their attack on the Bastille, the people of Paris laid siege to another royalist symbol. This time the target was the Tuileries palace, the official residence of Louis XVI and the home of the Legislative Assembly. -
King Louis XVI Execution
General Interest 1793
King Louis XVI executed
Share this:
facebook
twitter
google+
PRINT
CITE
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Law of Suspect
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. -
Marie-Antoinette beheaded
Nine months after the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie-Antoinette follows him to the guillotine. -
Robespierre
Robespierre, the Committee of Public Safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Hébertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders. Robespierre becomes virtually the dictator. -
Robespierre overthrown
Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. -
Napoleon
On October 5, 1795, Napoléon was in Paris when a large, angry Parisian mob of royalists tried to attack the ruling National Convention at the Tuileries Palace. Vicomte Paul de Barras, who had been at Toulon and was impressed by Napoléon’s military ability, called upon Napoléon to defend the palace. -
The Convention
The Convention dissolves itself in favour of a dictatorship of the Directorate
