French Revolution Timeline

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  • Call of the Estate Generals

    Call of the Estate Generals
    Louis XVI called a meeting with the three estates. He called in the first two estates: Clergy and Nobility - who were privileged minorities - and then the third estate who were the majority of the people in the French Society

  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath
    The deputies of the Third Estate found themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall, therefore they moved to an indoor tennis court and took an oath. The oath was that they would never separate until a written constitution had been written for Francis.

  • The Storming of Bastille

    The Storming of Bastille
    Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison. This action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution.

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man
    A law passed by France's National Constituent Assembly stating that all men are equal under law.

  • March on Versailles

    March on Versailles
    A mob of nearly 7,000 women armed with weapons such as pitchforks, pikes and muskets, marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles, demanding food for their families.

  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy

    Civil Constitution of the Clergy
    A law passed during the French Revolution that caused immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French Government. It was crated in an attempt to reorganize the Roman Catholic Church in France on a national basis.

  • Royal Family Attempts to Flee

    Royal Family Attempts to Flee
    King Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee from France but are caught at Verannes. They are sent back to Paris where the King is forced to go on trial.

  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror
    Thousands of people are sentenced to death by execution that is caused by conflict between two political parties the Jacobins, and the Girondins. The leader of the Jacobins, Maximilien arises as a new leader of the Revolution.

  • Execution of the King

    Execution of the King
    After being put on trial the king is sentenced to death. He is executed by the guillotine on January 21, 1793.

  • Execution of Robespierre

    Execution of Robespierre
    Maximilien Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins, is executed and the power of the Jacobins fall with him. The Girondins gain more power as a result.