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Louis calls for meeting of estates general
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Estates General Convenes at Versailles
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Great Fear
Peasents rise up and seize land from their landlords. They were for the most part successful. -
Formation Of The National Assembly
Delegates from the Third Estate refused to negotiate until both other Estates would sit together with them. On June 17th, the Third Estate, together with some priests that joined them from the First Estate voted to call itself the National Assembly. -
The Tennis Court Oath
National Assembly swears oath to "Bring about the regeneration of publlic order, and to maintain the true principles of the monarchy," -
Dismissal of Finance Minister Neckar and Army Sent to Paris
In response to the formation of the National Assembly, King Louis XVI dismissed his Finance Minister and sent 18,000 soldiers to Paris. -
Storming of the Bastille
People feared the King would begin to use violence as his troops arrived in Paris
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Withdrawal of troops from Paris
Louis reinstates finance minister
Withdrawals his troops from Paris
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Abolishment of feudal priviledges
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Parisien Women March On Versailles
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National Assembly pushing for Constitutional Monarchy
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Nationalize Catholic Church property
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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Louis accepts Constitutional Monarchy
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John Barber invents the gas turbine.
John Barber invents the first true gas turbine and claims Patent for it. His invention had most of the elements present in the modern day gas turbines. -
King and Queen Try to Escape
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette try and escape France to neighbouring Austria. They were caught, arrested and sent back to Paris. This inflamed the population as they believed that the King was not interested in the constitution and wanted to take France back by force. *Specific date unknown -
Louis XVI accepted final consitution
Louis XVI accepted the final version of the National Assembly's constiution. *Specific date unknown -
Legislative Assembly met for the first time
Consisted of prosperous, well-educated middle-class men who were younger and less reserved than their predecessors. *Specific date unknown Many members belonged to the political group known as the Jacobin Club - well educated radical republicans -
France declared war on Francis II, the Habsburg monarch
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The First Ambulance
"The Surgeon-in-Chief of the French Grand Army, "Baron Dominiquie Larrey" created the first official army medical corp. in 1792. Trained attendants with equipment moved out from the field hospitals to give first-aid to the wounded on the battlefield and/or carried them back by stretcher, hand-carts and wagons to the field hospitals."
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Crowd attacked Tuileries
King and Queen fled to Legislative Assembly in hopes of finding refuge, but instead he was suspended and imprisoned. Assembly also called for the National Convention to be elected by males. -
September Massacre
After King and Queen are imprisoned, rumours of how aristocrats and priests were going to seize the city led to many people being imprisoned. After hearing this, angry mobs slaughtered 1600 of these people after breaking into prisons. -
Execution of Louis XVI
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Creation of Committee of Public Safety
A de facto executive government created in France during the Reign of Terror. This committee of twelve revolutionary leaders were given supervisionary powers over legislative, judicial, and militial proceedings. -
Storming of the Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety was originally run by the Girondists. On this date, the Sans-Culottes invade the convention and arrest 29 Girondist deputies for treason. Following this uprising, the Jacobins led by Robespierre take control of the Committee of Public Safety, making it possible to enforce the Terror. -
French Constitution of 1793 is adopted
The first republican constitution is ratified through a public referendum. It is heavily influenced by the Declaration of the Rights of Man, making the ideals into law. -
Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat, a radical politician and publisher is assassinated by Charlotte Corday, a Girondist who opposes Marat's praise of the guillotine. Corday killed him as he was taking a bath, and this image lasted as Marat was elevated to the status of a martyr. -
Start of Reign of Terror
Robspierre's use of extreme force to solidify the nation of France. By executing traitors and dissenters, Robspierre believed he could unite France and instill fear in it's enemies. -
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Declaration of a Revolutionary Government
A Revolutionary Government is declared, effectively rendering the Constitution of 1793 useless. -
Execution of Maire Antoinette
The execution of the last Queen of France marked the true end of the monarchy -
French Revolutionary Calendar Established
This calendar was created to convert the entirety of France into atheism, believing that religion had too much power, along with the royalists, and that breaking away from religious traditions was the best way to do this -
National Convention prohibits women's clubs and societies
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Between June 12th and July 28th almost 1300 people were sent to the Guillotine (an average of 28 beheadings a day). -
9 Thermidor
Robespierre is faced with disapproval at the National Convention. He is overthrown and jailed by radicals and moderates. -
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Thermidorian Reaction
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The Execution of Robespierre (10 Thermidor)
Robespierre and 21 of his associates are executed with the guillotine at a public square called the Place de la Revolution. -
Creation of the Directory
After deputies of the National Assembly overthrew Robespierre's rule, a new body of five directors was put into power under the new Constitution of Year III.
