Summoning of the Estates General, 1789 4-5 May 1789. The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General.
The “Tennis Court Oath”
Declaration of the Rights of Man
National Assembly abolishes the nobility
Civil Constitution of the French Clergy
Pope Pius VI condemns the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Louis & Marie Antoinette flee; captured at Varennes
Summoning of the Estates General, 1789 4-5 May 1789. The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General.
