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Oath of the Jeu de Paume.
After having established itself as a National Assembly, the representatives of the third estate (the common people) meet and solemnly swear not to separate until France has a constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille.
The dismissal of Jacques Necker as Minister of Finance and rumors about military preparations provoke the armed uprising of Parisians. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
The National Assembly approves this Declaration, the first article of which establishes that “men are born and live equal in rights.” -
March on Versailles.
Led by the women who worked in the markets of Paris, a crowd of more than 7,000 Parisians marched towards Versailles demanding bread and political reforms. -
Flight from Varennes.
The royal family fled from the Tuileries, but were discovered and detained in the town of Varennes and from there returned to Paris. -
Overthrow of the Monarchy.
An insurrection takes place that puts an end to the absolutist monarchy of Louis XVI. The crowd, composed of insurgents, members of the Parisian sections and the so-called sans-culottes, storms the Tuileries palace. -
Prison massacres.
Although the objective of the assailants was to murder only “counterrevolutionaries,” the reality is that between 1,100 and 1,400 common prisoners died that day, including the princess of Lamballe, whose head was displayed in the window of the Temple prison tower. -
Establishment of the Republic.
The Convention meets to declare the Monarchy abolished and proclaims the Republic. -
Execution of Louis XVI.
After being tried and condemned by the Convention, Louis XVI is guillotined before an expectant crowd in the Place de la Révolution. That day the English and Spanish monarchies joined the countries that were at war against the French Republic. -
Creation of the Revolutionary Court.
The Tribunal was promoted by the insurrectionary Paris Commune with the aim of persecuting all those who opposed the insurrection and defending the Tuileries palace. -
Jacobin coup d'état.
The alliance between Jacobins and the Enragés (radical group) with the support of the Commune mobilizes the Paris sections against the moderate leaders of the Convention. After the house arrest of 29 of its members and two ministers, the Republican Constitution was approved, which ultimately never came into force. -
Robespierre joins the Public Health Committee.
With the almost complete renewal of the Committee at the beginning of July, Danton is replaced by a Jacobin Government and the incorporation of Robespierre into the Government marks the beginning of the Terror. -
Execution of Marie Antoinette.
The queen is guillotined after a public trial in the Revolutionary Court in which she is accused of having incestuous relations with her son. -
Execution of the Dantonists.
The so-called "indulgents", with Danton at the head and Camille Desmoulins as journalistic spokesperson, are guillotined along with the revolutionary of Spanish origin Andrés María de Guzmán. -
Festival of the Supreme Being.
The Convention pays tribute to Robespierre, as president of the Assembly. He came to serve as “pontiff” to the scandal of the sectors in favor of atheism. -
Coup of Thermidor.
The French Revolution was experiencing its most difficult and tragic moments. Robespierre was accused of “tyranny.” Having been declared hors la loi (outside the law), he and his allies are arrested and guillotined without prior trial. -
Napoleon takes power.
The Coup d'état takes place in which Napoleon Bonaparte, recently arrived from Egypt, overthrows the Directory and takes power as first consul.