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Day of the Tiles in GrenobleAssembly of VizilleThe royal treasury is declared emptyThe treasury suspends payments on the debts of the governmentBrienne resigns as Minister of FinanceRepresentation of the Third Estate will be doubledKing Louis XVI convokes elections for delegates to the Estates-GeneralRiots in ParisPresentation to the King of the Deputies of the Estates-General at Versailles.Formal opening of the Estates-General at Versailles.The Deputies of the Third Estate refuse to meet separately from the other EstatesThe nobility refuses to meet together with the Third EstateThe clergy renounces its special tax privilegesThe nobility renounces its special tax privileges.The Third Estate deputies from Paris arrive in Versailles.The deputies of the nobility reject a compromise programthe Third Estate deputies decide to hold their own meetingNational Assembly declaredClergy join the assembly of the Third Estate.Tennis Court OathThe Royal Council rejects the financial program of Minister Necker.The new National Assembly meetsLouis XVI holds a Séance royale48 nobles join the Assembly.Louis XVI reverses courseA crowd invades the prison of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-PrésThe Siege and Surrender of the BastilleThe National Assembly forms a committeeDemands that the king of France is moved out of ParisNational Constituent AssemblyLouis XVI abruptly dismisses NeckerThe National Assembly declares itself in permanent seasonThe King reinstates NeckerThe King visits Parispublication of La France libreAn armed mob on the Place de GrèveAssassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria,Germany gives assurances of support.Beginning of the "Black Week"Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.Russia mobilizes.The Netherlands declare neutrality.Germany sends Russia an ultimatum.Germany declares war on Russia
and mobilizedFrance mobilizes.Italy declares its neutrality.Denmark, Sweden and Norway
unitedly declare their neutrality.Ottoman-German AllianceGermany invades LuxembourgSkirmish at JonchereyGermany declares war on France.Switzerland declares its neutrality.Germany invades BelgiumThe United Kingdom declares war on Germany.The United States declares neutrality.First offensive action by Allied troopsMontenegro declares war on Austria-Hungary.The Ottoman Empire closes the Dardanelles.Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.Serbia declares war on Germany.The British Expeditionary Force arrives in France.Spain declares "the strictest neutrality."Montenegro declares war on Germany.The Togoland Campaign begins.France declares war on Austria-Hungary.The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary.Battle of HalenBattle of StallupönenBattle of GumbinnenThe Germans occupy Brussels.Battle of MorhangeBattle of SarrebourgBattle of CharleroiJapan declares war on Germany.Battle of MonsThe Action of ElougesBattle of the MortagneJapan declares war on Austria-HungaryBattle of TepeBritish and French forces conquer TogolandBattle of Le Grand FaytBattle of ÉtreuxBattle of Heligoland BightAustria-Hungary declares war on BelgiumNew Zealand occupies German SamoaAction at NerySaint Petersburg renamed PetrogradBattle of NsanakongFanning RaidSeptemberprogrammBattle of Bita PakaBattle of ZanzibarBombardment of PapeeteBombardment of MadrasSiege of PrzemyślBattle of SandfonteinBattle of PenangBlack Sea RaidRussia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.Battle of CoronelSerbia declares war on the Ottoman EmpireMontenegro declares war on the Ottoman EmpireBattle of KilimanjaroFrance and the United Kingdom declare war on the Ottoman Empire.Fao LandingBattle of CocosSultan Mehmed V declares Jihad on the Allies.Battle of El HerriBolshevik representatives at the
State Duma arrested and exiled to Siberia.Battle of the FalklandsHill 60 captured by the GermansRaid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and WhitbyFighting begins at PerthesFighting begins at NoyonJapan attempts to impose its
Twenty-One Demands on neutral China.First Zeppelin raid on Great BritainBattle of Dogger BankBattle of BolimówGermany begins unrestricted
submarine warfare against merchant vessels.Jan Kemp surrendersBattle of KakamasGreat Britain and France
promise Russia ConstantinopleBattle of Más a TierraBattle of DilmanDeportation of Armenian intellectualsTreaty of LondonBattle of TrekkopjesFirst Battle of KrithiaBattle of GurinGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveBattle of Eski HissarlikItaly revokes its commitment
to the Triple AllianceThe British liner Lusitania is
sunk by a German U-boatBattle of Aubers RidgeItaly declares war on Austria-HungarySan Marino declares war on Austria-HungaryThird Battle of KrithiaThe Russians leave PrzemyślBattle of NgaundereBattle of OtaviJacques Pierre Brissot begins
publication of Le Patriote françaisThe King appoints a government
of reformist ministers around Necker.Publication of "A plot uncovered
to lull the people to sleep" by
Jean-Paul MaratThe Assembly proclaims
freedom of religious opinions.The Assembly proclaims
freedom of speech.The Assembly adopts the
Declaration of the Rights of
Man and of the CitizenThe Assembly debates
giving the King the power
to veto legislation.Camille Desmoulins organizes
an uprising at the Palais-RoyalThe Constitution Committee
of the Assembly proposes a
two-house parliament and a
royal right of veto.The Mayor of Troyes is
assassinated by a mob.The National Assembly gives
the King the power to
temporarily veto laws for two
legislative sessions.Desmoulins publishes
Discours de la lanterne
aux ParisiensFirst issue of Jean Paul
Marat's newspaper,
L'Ami du peupleElection of a new municipal
assembly in Paristhe King's guards put on
the white royal cocarde.Marat's newspaper demands
a march on Versailles to
protest the insult to the cocarde
tricolor.After an orderly march, a crowd
of women invade the Palace.The Assembly names Lafayette
commander of the regular army
in and around Paris.Louis XVI secretly writes to king
Charles IV of SpainThe National Assembly holds
its first meeting in ParisThe Assembly declares a
state of martial law to
prevent future uprisings.The Assembly votes to place
property of the Church at
the disposition of the Nation.The Assembly moves
to the Salle du ManègeFirst issue of Desmoulins'
weekly Histoire des Révolutions
de France et de BrabantRevolt by the sailors of the
French Navy in ToulonThe Assembly decides to
divide France into departmentsIntroduction of the assignatThe Assembly decrees that
Protestants are eligible to
hold public officeRiot in Versailles demanding
lower bread prices.Marat publishes a fierce
attack on finance minister
Necker.Paris municipal police try
to arrest Marat for his violent
attacks on the governmentThe Assembly forbids the
taking of religious vows and
suppresses the contemplative
religious orders.The Assembly requires curés
(parish priests) in churches across
France to read aloud the decrees
of the Assembly.The Assembly abolishes the
requirement that army officers
be members of the nobility.The Assembly decides to continue
the institution of slavery in
French coloniesThe Assembly approves the
sale of the property of the
church by municipalitiesPope Pius VI condemns the
Declaration of the Rights
of Man in a secret consistory.Foundation of the Cordeliers clubRiots in Marseille.Lafayette and Jean Sylvain
Bailly institute the Society
of 1789.Marat returns to Paris and
resumes publication of
L'Ami du people.The Assembly decides that
it alone can decide issues of
war and peacePeriods
French RevolutionRiots and peasant revoltsWorld War ISiege and Capture of LongwyBattle of the Marshes of Saint-GondBattle of DrinaSiege and Capture of LiègeBattle of the FrontiersBattle of MulhouseBattle of LorraineBattle of CerBattle of the ArdennesBattle of TannenbergBattle of LembergBattle of KraśnikSiege of MaubeugeGreat RetreatBattle of Le CateauBattle of Gnila LipaBattle of KomarowSiege of MoraBattle of TsingtaoBattle of Saint QuentinFirst Battle of GaruaBattle of Rava RusskaBattle of Grand CouronneFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of the Masurian LakesSouth West Africa campaignSiege of TomaFirst Battle of the AisneRace to the SeaMaritz rebellionBattle of FlireyFirst Battle of PicardyBattle of AlbertSiege of AntwerpJapan occupies the Marshall IslandsBattle of the Vistula RiverBattle of Rufiji DeltaBattle of ArrasCentral powers control BelgradeBattle of La BasséeFirst Battle of MessinesBattle of ArmentièresBattle of the YserFirst Battle of YpresGerman campaign in AngolaAtlantic U-boat campaign of World War IBergmann OffensiveBattle of TangaBattle of BasraBattle of ŁódźBattle of KolubaraBattle of LimanowaBattle of QurnaPersian CampaignBattle of GivenchyFirst Battle of ArtoisFirst Battle of ChampagneBattle of SarikamishChristmas truceBattle of ArdahanThe Russian offensive in the CarpathiansOttomans occupy Urmia and Tabriz by surpriseBattle of JassinBattle of HartmannswillerkopfChilembwe uprisingRaid on the Suez CanalSecond Battle of the Masurian LakesGallipoli CampaignBattle of Neuve ChapelleSiege of PrzemyślFirst Battle of WoevreBattle of ShaibaDefense of VanSecond Battle of YpresBattle of GravenstafelBattle of St JulienLanding at Anzac CoveSecond Battle of KrithiaBattle of Frezenberg RidgeSecond Battle of ArtoisBattle of FestubertBattle of KonaryBattle of BellewaardeSecond Battle of GaruaGreat RetreatBattle of BukobaGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveFirst Battle of the IsonzoBattle of Gully RavineBattle of ManzikertSecond Battle of the IsonzoBattle of Kara KillisseBattle of Lone PineBattle of Krithia VineyardLanding at Suvla BayBattle of Sari BairA series of pro-catholic and anti-revolutionary riots in the French provinces
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