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On May 5, 1789, the Estates General Meeting took place. It was a meeting between the clergy, nobles, and the common people. This meeting was summoned by King Louis XVI to find solutions for his financial problems.
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On June 20, 1789, the Tennis Court Oath was signed by the members of the third estate, who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General.
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On July 14, 1789, the Bastille was stormed by the commoners.
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On August 26, 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was adopted. It was a document defining the rights of all the estates.
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On the morning of October 5, 1789, a riot broke out in Paris over bread. The riot was formed by women and ended October 6, 1789.
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On June 20, 1791, the royal family tried to make their escape by dressing as servants and heading to a general's estate. They were captured and sent back to Paris.
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On July 17, 1791, the Champ de Mars was the site of a massacre.
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On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed by the guillotine.
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A time of terror and paranoia that occured after the French Revolution. It ended on July 28, 1794.
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In 1795, the end of the revolution came. In 1804, Napolean declared himself emperor of France.
