French Revolution Timeline
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Updated: 24 Jun 2024
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King Louis XVI summons the Estates-General for its first meeting since 1614 Third Estate breaks away from the Estates-General, and establishes itself as the National Assembly National Assembly members take Tennis Court Oath, pledging to create a new constitution Mob of Parisian citizens storms Bastille prison and confiscates weapons Rural violence of Great Fear breaks out; peasants lash out at feudal landlords for several weeks Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen issued Parisian women march to Versailles in response to food crisis Execution of King Louis XVI Nation Convention create Committee of Public Saftey Law of Suspects passed Reign of Terror begins Marie Antionette executed Law of 22 Prairial intensifies the Reign of Terror Robespierre is overthrown Government confiscates church property The Civil Constitution of the Clergy issued France is declared a Republic End of the Reign of Terror and Beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction Flight to Verrenes
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