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Comte de Provence becomes Louis XVIII.
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Armed citizens form the National Guard, armed and with a population around 50,000.
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The Bastille is captured by the National Guard.
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Citizens, specifically peasants, revolt all across France and invoke fear from the remainder of the population.
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The National Assembly proclaims the rights of man and citizen, believing that neglect of the people has led to social unrest. One of its articles states that "men are born and remain free in equal rights."
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In Versaille, starving women and other citizens demand bread from the King, and are eventually chased away.
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The Constituent Assembly, otherwise known as the National Assembly, begins to take private property from the Church.
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Religious orders and vows are being suppressed.
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Nobility and other titles are revoked.
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From January to March, food riots emerge across Paris.
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Louis XVI is forcibly taken back to Paris after making an attempt to escape into Varennes.
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In result to protests against the return of the King, the National Guard fires into the gathering crowds.
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War in Austria is declared by France, but the armies flee as their enemies approach.
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Tuilieres Palace is swarmed by the Jacobin masses - the Swiss Guard is easily defeated, and the King is imprisoned.
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In the Vendée, Royalists riot.
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Monarachy is abolished by the Convention appointed by the Legislative Assembly.
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A month and ten days since his trial, Lous XVI is executed.
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War on Britain and Holland is declared.
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The price of bread is greatly increased.
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From the 4th to the 5th, more riots emerge in Paris.
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Terror is started by the "Law of Suspects."
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Robespierre from the Committee of Public Safety proclaims a new religion (stated in the title).
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Roughly 2,750 civilians, mostly poor, are executed.
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Robespierre is arrested and executed by the Convention (alongside his 150 or so followers), and the Terror is over.
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Churches are finally re-opened.
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In the South, from May to June, comes White Terror.
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Napoleon is nearly killed by Royalists led by Gracchus Babeuf, who manages to fend them off.
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In favor of a dictatorship, the Convention breaks apart.
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Babeuf and his supporters, after being captured, commit suicide.
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Napoleon officially becomes the Dictator after Directorate resigns in June, named "First Consul."