French Revolution

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    Assembly of Notables and Peasants

    The First assembly of Notables and peasants was on 22 February 1787.
    The return of Necker, was a transfer of powers on 8 may 1788.
  • Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

    The clergy and the nobility had to renounce their privileges in the session held on the night of
    The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen was constituted on August 26, 1789.
  • Estates general

    Estates general
    In 1789, King Louis XVI calls a meeting for the representatives of the 3 states, this meeting knowns as estates- general.
    Opening of the Convention, on 5 May 1789 was the inaugural session of the Estates-General.
  • Royal Family arrested

    The royal family was arrested while trying to flee France in a carriage that went to Varennes on June 21.
  • Storming of the Bastille

    On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris assaulted the old fortress of the Bastille, used as a prison and considered a symbol of royal despotism.
  • First Constitution

    The first draft of the Constitution was approved on July 14, 1789.
  • Versalles march

    Versalles march
    On October 5 and 6, the Parisian population, especially its women, marched towards Versailles and besieged the royal palace.
  • Constitution of the clergy

    Civil Constitution of the clergy was the July 12, 1790.
  • The Legislative Assembly first met

    The Legislative Assembly first met on 1 October 1791. It consisted of 745 members, mostly from the middle class.
  • The Legislative Assembly first met

    The Legislative Assembly first met on 1 October 1791. It consisted of 745 members, mostly from the middle class.
  • Declaration of Pillnitz

    The 27 August 1791 Declaration of Pillnitz already threatened France with attack by its neighbors.
  • Legislation declaring the émigrés guilty of conspiracy

    Legislation declaring the émigrés guilty of conspiracy and prosecuted as such was passed on 8 November 1791, but vetoed by Louis
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    Legislative assembly

    Was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to 20 September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution.
  • first of the French Revolutionary Wars

    April 1792 to the first of the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • Coup d'etat

    1794: coup d’etats: execution of Robespierre
  • First White Terror

    First White Terror: reprisals against the leaders and supporters of the previous period
  • Constitution of 1795

    Constitution of 1795
    Constitution of 1795, establishing a new form of goverment called the Directory. it faced several domestic problems: severe finnacial issues, un unestable food suply and a political crisis.
  • Directory end

    The 9th of November 1799, a coup d´eat brings an end to the directory. Three of her leaders are Napoleon, Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès and Pierre-Roger Ducos, govern consulate.
  • The Treaty of Lunéville

    The Treaty of Lunéville, signed in February 1801 with Austria.
  • the peace agreement

    On 25 March 1802 the peace agreement was signed with England (Peace Treaty of Amiens).
  • First Consul for Life

    On 2 August 1802, a second national referendum was held, this time to confirm Napoleon as "First Consul for Life.