jun 23, 1789 - Louis XVI personally addresses the Estates- General (a Séance royale), where he invalidates the decisions of the National Assembly and instructs the three estates to continue to meet separately
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The king departs followed by the Second- and most of the First-Estate deputies, but the Third-Estate deputies remain in the hall. When the king's master of ceremonies reminds them that Louis has invalidated their decrees, the Comte de Mirabeau, Third-Estate deputy from Aix, boldly shouts that "we are assembled here by the will of the people" and that they would "leave only at the point of a bayonet".Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 23, 1789
Now
~ 236 years ago