Event↕ | Date↕ | Year↕ | Location↕ | Phase↕ | Significance↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estates-General convenes | May 5 | 1789 | Versailles | Opening | First meeting since 1614, sparked constitutional crisis |
Tennis Court Oath | June 20 | 1789 | Versailles | Opening | Third Estate vowed not to disband until constitution written |
Storming of the Bastille | July 14 | 1789 | Paris | Opening | Symbolic fall of royal despotism, national holiday |
Abolition of feudalism | August 4 | 1789 | Versailles | Opening | Night session ended noble and church privileges |
Declaration of the Rights of Man | August 26 | 1789 | Versailles | Opening | Foundational document of modern human rights |
Women's March on Versailles | October 5 | 1789 | Versailles | Opening | Royal family forced back to Paris |
Flight to Varennes | June 20 | 1791 | Varennes | Constitutional monarchy | Louis XVI captured trying to flee, credibility destroyed |
Insurrection of August 10 | August 10 | 1792 | Paris (Tuileries) | Fall of monarchy | Monarchy overthrown, royal guard massacred |
September Massacres | September 2-6 | 1792 | Paris | Fall of monarchy | Over 1,000 prisoners killed amid panic |
Proclamation of the First Republic | September 22 | 1792 | Paris | First Republic | Monarchy formally abolished |
Execution of Louis XVI | January 21 | 1793 | Place de la Revolution, Paris | First Republic | King guillotined, Europe declared war |
Start of the Reign of Terror | September 5 | 1793 | Paris | Terror | Committee of Public Safety given dictatorial powers |
Execution of Marie Antoinette | October 16 | 1793 | Paris | Terror | Queen guillotined after trial |
Execution of Danton | April 5 | 1794 | Paris | Terror | Robespierre eliminated rival faction |
Thermidorian Reaction | July 27 | 1794 | Paris | End of Terror | Robespierre overthrown and executed next day |
Napoleon's coup of 18 Brumaire | November 9 | 1799 | Paris | End of Republic | Directory overthrown, Napoleon seized power |
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