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Grand Opening
Opening of the État-général at Versailles. -
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French Revolution
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Bastille
Armed citizens storm and capture the Bastille. -
Rights of Man
National Assembly decrees Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen -
No where to run, no where to hide
Louis XVI attempts to flee to Varennes but is recognised and forcibly returned to Paris. -
Its Accepted
King formally accepts Constitution -
A storm away
Jacobin masses storm the Tuileries Palace, massacring the Swiss Guard, and the King imprisoned. -
Farewell Bad King
Louis XVI executed -
17 September 1793
“Law of Suspects” initiates the Terror. -
Oh dear Marie
Marie-Antoinette tried and executed -
34 March 1794-Tyrancty behold
Robisepierre becomes a dictator -
Betryayer you are Robespierre!
Convention calls for arrest of Robespierre. Robespierre attempts insurrection which flops, is arrested and executed. After about 150 of his supporters are done away with, the Terror is over. -
Coup de'tat
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. -
Dissolving the Convention
The Convention dissolves itself in favour of a dictatorship of the Directorate.
