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may 5, 1789 - Convening of Estates-General

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After rising tensions between the Estates, Louis XVI calls forth the Estates-General to discuss and make a new tax plan. (Third Estate is not invited to the meeting, whereas the clergy and nobility are welcomed)

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may 5, 1789
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~ 237 years ago

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