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Estate general
meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan. -
The storming
The storming and fall of the Bastille. -
the national
The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
louis xvl
Louis XVI and his family are arrested while trying to flee from France. -
the first meeting
The First meeting of the National Convention is held . -
a national draft
A National Draft is issued calling for all able-bodied men to enlist in the army -
louis xvl
Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine. -
post from london
WHEREAS every letter sent by the penny post from London or Westminster, the borough of Southwark, or the respective suburbs thereof, and delivered to any person at any place out of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and the respective suburbs thereof, is subject to the charge of one penny, over and above the penny paid upon putting every such letter into the penny post office -
the reign
The Reign of Terror sentences 20,000 to 40,000 people to death. -
revolution
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 -
maximilien
Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention -
alexander
Alexander Keith was a Scottish born Canadian politician, Freemason and brewer. This is a list of mayors of the Halifax Regional Municipality. -
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