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The Estates-General and the National Assembly
May 5: Estates-General convenes at Versailles.
June 20: Tennis Court Oath – National Assembly formed.
July 14: Storming of the Bastille. -
Constitutional Monarchy
July 14: The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
September 3-6: The National Constituent Assembly adopts the French Constitution. -
The Republic and the Reign of Terror
April 20: War declared on Austria.
June 20: Fête de la Fédération – Celebration of the Republic.
August 10: Storming of the Tuileries Palace.
September 20: The French Republic is proclaimed.
January 21, 1793: Louis XVI is executed. -
Radicalization and the Committee of Public Safety
March 10: Revolutionary Tribunal established.
April 6: Committee of Public Safety created.
June 2: The Girondins are expelled from the National Convention.
June 24: The Constitution of 1793 is adopted. -
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Radicalization and the Committee of Public Safety
September 17, 1793: Law of Suspects enacted.
January 23, 1794: Louis XVI's former queen, Marie Antoinette, is executed.
June 10, 1794: The fall of Robespierre marks the end of the Reign of Terror. -
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The Directory
October 5, 1795: The National Convention dissolves, and the Directory is established.
November 9, 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte stages a coup, ending the Directory.