Events
King Louis XVI summons the Estates-General for its first meeting since 1614Third Estate breaks away from the Estates-General, and establishes itself as the National AssemblyNational Assembly members take Tennis Court Oath, pledging to create a new constitutionMob of Parisian citizens storms Bastille prison and confiscates weaponsRural violence of Great Fear breaks out; peasants lash out at feudal landlords for several weeksDeclaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen issuedParisian women march to Versailles in response to food crisisExecution of King Louis XVINation Convention create Committee of Public SafteyLaw of Suspects passedReign of Terror beginsMarie Antionette executedLaw of 22 Prairial intensifies the Reign of TerrorRobespierre is overthrownGovernment confiscates church propertyThe Civil Constitution of the Clergy issuedFrance is declared a RepublicEnd of the Reign of Terror and Beginning of the Thermidorian ReactionFlight to Verrenes
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