French Revolution Timeline Project

storming the Bastille

Jul 14, 1789

They stormed the bastille not to free any prisoners but to get ammunition and arms they say they stole over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder

women march on versailles

Oct 5, 1789

The women’s march happened on In october 5 1789 that day over 7,000 women that marched dueto them paying too much for bread they had to pay 88 percent of their wages and they pay too much texes.

louis XVI Moves to Paris

Oct 5, 1789

On 5 October 1789 a mob descended on Versailles and demanded that the royal family decamp to Paris. The King was transferred to the Tuileries Palace, before attempting to flee in June 1791. Arrested in Varennes, he was brought back to Paris.

Louis tries to escape

Jun 20, 1791

The royal Flight to Varennes French: Fuite à Varennes during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant episode in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI o

France Declares War on Austria and Prussia

Apr 20, 1792

Eight months later, following a vote of the revolutionary-led Legislative Assembly, France declared war on Austria on 20 April 1792; Prussia, having allied with Austria in February, declared war on France in June 1792.

Louis XVI Executed

Jan 21, 1793

Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary government, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. He was guillotined on January 21, 1793.