The Fall of Absolute Monarchy in France By tcupp2133 May 5, 1789 The Meeting of The Estates-General opened at Versailles Jun 17, 1789 The Third Estate Calls itself a National Assembly Jun 20, 1789 Third Estate Locked out of the Estates-General Meeting Jul 14, 1789 French Revolution Begins Officially With The Storming of The Bastille Jul 14, 1789 Storming of The Bastille Aug 26, 1789 National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen Oct 5, 1789 The King leaves Versailles and heads to Paris Oct 1, 1791 Legislative Assembly Holds First Session Jan 21, 1793 Louis XVI beheaded on the Guillotine Jul 28, 1794 Robespierre Guillotined
