National Assembly declares itself Constituent Assembly
Armed Citizens storm the Bastille
The Great Fear begins
National Assembly decrees the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
Women Storm Versaille demanding bread.
The royal family returns to Paris
Church loses land
Abolishment of the nobility and titles
Black Citizens of French colonies gain rights
Royal Family tries to leave France
Jacobins storm the Tuileries Palace and imprison the king
Jacobins storm the Tuileries Palace and imprison the king
King accepts the Constitution
France declares war on Austria
Duke of Brunswick calls for allied attack on France
Duke of Brunswick calls for allied attack on France
General mobilisation,citizens sent to the front line
Danton instigates the execution of about 1,200 prisoners locked up in Parisian prisons
French forces defeat the invading forces at Valmy
Monarchy is abolished, day one of the Republican calendar
King is put on trial
Louis XVI is executed
France declares war on Britain and Holland
Committee of Public Safety established
Marat “the people’s friend,” murdered by Charlotte Corday
Corday executed amid popular outrage
Marie-Antoinette tried and executed
Rebuplican Calendar decreed
Festival of Liberty and Reason
Robespierre, the Committee of Public Safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Hébertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders
Jacobin Club is suppressed by the Convention
The Churches re-open for Christian worship.
Royalists attempt a coup and Napoleon Bonaparte makes his name suppressing the move with grapeshot. The popular party gains strength, Gracchus Babeuf is its spokesperson, holding running meetings at the Pantheon
The Convention dissolves itself in favour of a dictatorship of the Directorate
Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy
Directorate bans popular meetings at the Panetheon
Leaders of Babeuf’s “Conspiracy of Equals” arrested
100s of supporters of Babeuf attack palace of the Directorate
Babeuf and his supporters are convicted but take their own lives.
Directorate resigns
Napoleon Bonaparte named “First Consul,” now the effective dictato
