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Ball Game Oath
The Oath of the Ball Game (in French: Serment du Jeu de Paume) was a union commitment presented on June 20, 1789 among the 577 deputies of the third estate in order not to separate until providing France with a Constitution, facing the pressure from the King of France Louis XVI. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789, approved by the French National Constituent Assembly on August 26, 1789, is one of many of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution in terms of defining personal rights and those of the community, in addition to the universals. -
Storming of the Bastille
The storming of the Bastille took place in Paris on Tuesday, July 14, 1789. Despite the fact that the medieval fortress known as the Bastille only guarded six prisoners, its fall into the hands of the Parisian revolutionaries symbolically marked the end of the Old Regime and the starting point of the French Revolution -
March on Versailles
The march on Versailles was an event that took place from October 5 to 6, 1789 at the Palace of Versailles within the framework of the French Revolution. The event began among the women of the Paris markets who, on the morning of October 5, 1789, protested against the high price and shortage of bread and the lack of rights. -
Varennes scape
The Flight of Varennes was a significant episode of the French Revolution, in which the royal family had a serious decline in its royal authority, trying unsuccessfully to escape abroad disguised as a Russian aristocratic family. -
Universal Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens.
Olympe was a woman of the French bourgeoisie, educated and trained, she was part of the dawn of the French Revolution and saw how women were left out of the decision table for the first time in formal history: the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen excluded and omitted them. In response to this, Olympe writes the Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens, -
First Coalition
At the end of the 18th century, the Old Regime was reeling in France. Alien to the new times and incapable of managing socioeconomic transformations, the monarchy continued to exercise its absolute power, consolidating and perpetuating the injustices and inequalities of feudal society; because of the privileges of the nobility and the clergy, the peasants were forced to bear most of the fiscal burdens. Since the middle of the century, however, enlightened -
Day of August 10, 1792
The day of August 10, 1792 was an insurrection, during the French Revolution, which ended the monarchy of Louis XVI, which is why it is also known as the "second revolution." ... Then Louis XVI was put on trial and sentenced to death. He was guillotined in January 1793. -
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Jacobino coup
The alliance between the Jacobins and the Enragés with the support of the Commune mobilizes the Paris sections against the moderate leaders of the Convention. After three days of pulse, during which it is harassed by the National Guard, the Convention yields and puts twenty-nine of its members and two ministers under house arrest -
Robespierre enters the public health committee.
The aftermath of the coup is the almost total renewal of the Committee at the beginning of July. Danton and his people are replaced by a Jacobin government led by Couthon and Saint-Just. The incorporation of Robespierre, replacing a lower-ranking deputy, culminates the arrival to power of the Jacobins and marks the beginning of the Terror.