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Building of the Palace at Versailles
From hunting lodge to palace. France's kings were first attracted to Versailles because of the area's prolific game. The palace was built as a place to impress. -
Imprisonment of Voltaire
Voltaire’s time in prison failed to dry up his satirical pen. In 1726, he was forced to flee to England. He returned several years later and continued to write plays. -
The American Revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America in 1783. -
Jacques Necker was assigned as Finance Minister
He was a banker of Genevan origin who became a finance minister for Louis XVI and a French statesman. Necker played a key role in French history before and during the first period of the French Revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath
Its a vow stating, "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established" -
Storming of the Bastille
It was a violent attack on the government by the people of France signaled the start of the French Revolution. -
The institution of the new French calendar
This was when the new French Calendar was made, which was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805. -
Execution of Louis XVI and/or Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI was guillotined in the Place de la Révolution on January 21, 1793. His wife, Marie Antoinette, met the same fate nine months later, on October 16, 1793. -
The murder of Marat
The murder of Marat is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David of the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat. It is one of the most famous images of the French Revolution. -
Formation of the National Convention
It elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy. The Convention numbered 749 deputies, including businessmen, tradesmen, and many professional men.
