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French Revoluion
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The Estates General meeting - Bastille Day
Meeting that reunited an equal number of representatives from each Estate to solve this serious political crisis. -
Storming of the Bastille
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 of the Citizen
Fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Flight to Varennes
Royal family’s failed attempt to escape Paris in June 1791. - See more at: http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/flight-to-varennes/#sthash.h9AH07am.dpuf -
King formally accepts Constitution.
King Louis XVI accepts the new constitution. He will sign it tomorrow. -
The Attack on the Tuileries
The National Guard and a mob of Parisians invaded the residence of the royal family (Tuileries in Paris). -
Execution of Louis XVI
Louis was arrested, interned in the Temple prison with his family, tried for high treason before the National Convention, convicted in a near-unanimous vote, and condemned to death by a slight majority. His execution made him the first victim of the Reign of Terror. His wife Marie Antoinette was guillotined on 16 Oct -
The Law of Suspects
Authorized the creation of revolutionary tribunals to try those suspected of treason against the Republic and to punish those convicted with death. -
The Queen's Defense
A Revolutionary Tribunal indicted Marie Antoinette and her children for treason. -
Robespierre becomes virtually dictator.
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 in France
Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. -
13 Vendémiaire
13 Vendémiaire Year 4 is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. -
The Convention dissolves itself in favour of a dictatorship of the Directorate.
The Convention dissolves itself in favour of a dictatorship of the Directorate.
