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National Assembly
During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale), which existed from 17 June 1789 to 9 July 1789, was a revolutionary assembly of the Kingdom of France. -
The Bastille Day
Bastille Day, national holiday in France and its overseas départements and territories, marking the anniversary of the fall on July 14, 1789, of the Bastille, in Paris. Originally built as a medieval fortress, the Bastille eventually came to be used as a state prison. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is one of the main documents of the French Revolution. It was adopted on 26 August 1789, and defined certain individual and collective rights. -
The Versailles War
There was an incredible battle on Versailles, by only women, they protested the expensiveness of the bread and the lack of rights. This battle lasted only 1 day. -
The French Division
France was divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces, in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land. Lapurdi, Nafarroa Behera and Zuberoa did not get their own department -
The National Convention
It grew more radical over time. That period was know as The Terror and it reached its peak during the Robespierre dictatorship -
The Dominique Garat's defense
Dominique Garat defended the Basque foruak when the only law for all France was proclaimed. -
The Louis XVI firm
Louis XVI was forced to sign the Constitution and the constitutional monarchy was established. -
Declaration des Droits de la femme et de la Citoyenne
This was the declaration that was created in 1791 -
The French Republic establishion
The French Republic was established, with the symbols that endure to this day. -
Louis XVI's death
On this date, Louis XVI was guillotined, acussed of treason. -
The wars of the convention
The War of the Pyrenees, also known as War of Roussillon or War of the Convention, was the Pyrenean front of the First Coalition's war against the First French Republic. -
Napoleon fighting against the European powers
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts between Napoleon's France and a shifting web of alliances among other European powers. The wars lasted from about 1800 to 1815, and for a brief time they made Napoleon the master of Europe.