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Estates-General in Versailles
A meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan. -
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Storming of the Bastille
The storming and fall of the Bastille. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
Flight to Varennes
Louis XVI and his family are arrested while trying to flee from France. -
French Constitution of 1791
the first written constitution in France -
Insurrection of 10 August 1792
the fall of the French monarchy after storming the Tuileries Palace by the National Guard of the Insurrectional Paris Commune and revolutionary fédérés from Marseilles and Brittany. -
execution of Louis XVI,
Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine. -
Law of Suspects
was a decree passed by the Committee of Public Safety on 17 September 1793, during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. It marked a significant weakening of individual freedoms that led to "revolutionary paranoia" that swept the nation -
The Queen’s Defense
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. -
Robespierre
Robespierre, the Committee of Public Safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Hébertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders. Robespierre becomes virtually the dictator. -
Thermidorian Reaction
was a coup d'état within the French Revolution against the leaders of the Jacobin Club who had dominated the Committee of Public Safety. -
13 Vendémiaire
is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. The battle was largely responsible for the rapid advancement of Republican General Napoleon Bonaparte's career.
