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French Revolution Timeline
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The Estates General Meeting
In this day a meeting that was made by the King reunited an equal number of representatives from three states to solve this serious political crisis. -
French revolutionaries storm Bastile
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
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Fight to Varennes
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French Constition of 1791
King Louis XVI accepts the new constitution that was made and the next day he had signed it.The French constitution was created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy. -
The First Terror Begins
This is the day the Insurrection of 10 August 1792 began as one of the defining events in the history of the French Revolution. -
King Louis XVI Executed
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 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. -
The Queens Defence
Seven months after the execution of the King, shortly after the declaration of "Revolutionary Government," the Convention turned to the rest of the royal family. Fearing that Marie Antoinette and her son, the nominal King, would provide rallying points for royalists within France and abroad, a Revolutionary Tribunal indicted Marie Antoinette and her children for treason. Two attorneys were assigned to prepare her defense, and one describes the situation here. -
Robespierre
The comittee of public safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Heertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders,
