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The first meeting of the estates-general in 175 years occur. It was held on Versailles.
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The third estate voted to establish the National Assembly, in effect proclaiming the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government.
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A mob searched for gunpowder and arms stormed the Bastille, a Paris prison. The attackers killed the prison commander and several guards. Then they went to the streets with the dead men’s heads on pikes.
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Noblemen made grand speeches, declaring their love of liberty and equality. They joined the National Assembly.
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The National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideals, the Declaration of Rights of Man of the Citizen.
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Thousand of Parisian women rioted over the rising price of bread. They made the king (Louis) and the queen (Marie Antoinette) to return to Paris
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Established the first state-controlled church
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The royal family tried to escape from France to the Austrian Netherlands.
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The National Assembly completed the new constitution, which king Louis reluctantly approved. The constitution created a limited constitutional monarchy.
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The legislative Assembly declared war against Prussia and Austria.
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A new government body, the National Convention, took office.
