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King Louis XVI convened the General Assembly in order to raise taxes.
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The national assembly government, a revolutionary government established by the third estate, was in power.
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National Assembly resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution,
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Bastille was stormed and taken by a Parisian mob.
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Peasants attacked noble manors
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Nobles in the National Assembly were forced to renounce their rights and the Jacobin club was formed.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is issued by the National Assembly.
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King Louis XVI was brought from Versailles to Tuileries.
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King Louis XVI flees to Austria but is caught at Varennes.
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A constitutional government run by elected officials was in power.
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A Parisian mob storms the royal palace, the Legislative Assembly of the government collapses, and Minister of Justice Danton kills thousands of presumed traitors.
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The national convention, an assembly formed after the constitution was rewritten as a result of universal male suffrage, was in power.
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The National Convention abolishes the monarchy and declares France a republic.
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The first day of the new revolutionary calendar.
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The Revolutionary calendar is introduced with new day and month names.
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The national convention condemned and executed the king.
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The Counter-Revolutionary revolt in Vendee began.
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The Committee of Public Safety (under Robespierre) began the Reign of Terror
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The government put into place price controls, began the process of dechristianization, and enacted administrative reform.
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Robespierre is executed and the Reign of Terror ends.
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The churches in France are reopened.
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A new constitution was adopted that formed a new government called the Directory.
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The Directory government, a government composed of the Council of Ancients and the Council of 500, was in power.
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The coup d'etat removed supporters of a monarchy from the directory.
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Napoleon's coup d'etat abolished the Directory and established a Consulate government.
