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1 CE
Louis XVI summons the Estates General
The 1789 Conference of the Three States was an assembly representing all classes of France convened by Louis XVI to propose a solution to France's financial problems.
1789.1.24 -
Period: 1 CE to 10
French revolution
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The “Tennis Court Oath”
French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath in the tennis court which had been built in 1686 for the use of the Versailles palace. They will do nothing if the king donothing.
1789.6.20 -
3
Louis dismisses Necker
Louis fired Necker, and all hope of a compromise was dashed. This was seen as confirmation that the king wanted to continue ruling as an absolute monarch.
1789.7.11 -
4
Storming of the Bastille
Revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille.
1789.7.14 -
5
Abolition of feudal rights
It abolished both the seigneurial rights of the Second Estate and the tithes gathered by the First Estate. It makes thirs estate have more freedom.
1789.8.4 -
6
The Wives’ March
Hunger had stricken in the Versailles. A rumor had spread that there was stock of flour with the king and the queen during those days of famine.Knowing this, many Parisian women marched towards Versailles and ransacked the apartment of the queen. They even killed the guards. 1789.10.5 -
7
Louis & Marie Antoinette flee
the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant event in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris to Montmédy, where the King wished to initiate a counter-revolution by joining up with royalist troops. They escaped only as far as the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were arrested after having been recognized at their previous stop in Sainte-Menehould.
1791.6.20 -
8
Louis XVI executed
The king Louis XVI was executed that day. 1791.1.21 -
9
Marie Antoinette executed
Queen Marie Antoinette was executed that day.1791.10.16 -
10
Robespierre guillotined
Robespierre was guillotined, region of terror ends.
1794.7.28