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Meeting of Estates General
The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate the nobility, the Third Estate effectively the rest of French society. On May 5th, 1789, Louis XVI convened the Estates-General. -
The Creation of the National Assembly
A Revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of Third Estate. -
The Tennis Court oath
The members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, took the Tennis Court Oath vowing. -
Storming of the Bastille
The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
Passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human civil rights. -
Women march on Versailles
A crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians, including some men, marched toward Versailles, arriving soaking wet from the rain. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French Government. -
Flight to Varennes
Significant episode in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, his queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution. -
The September Massacres
There was a fear that foreign and royalist armies would attack Paris and that the inmates of the city's prisons would be freed and join them. -
The Execution of KIng Louis XVI
Took place 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Revolution in Paris. It was a major event of the Revolution. -
The Creation of the Committee of Public Safety
Formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror. -
The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
French political theorist, physician, and scientist who became best known for his role as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. -
The Reign of Terror
Period of extreme violence during the French Revolution -
The Execution of Maxmillian Robespierre
French lawyer and politician. He was one of the best-known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. -
Invasion of France
Brother of Queen Marie Antoinette invaded France to restore Marie and Louis XVI to power. -
The Creation of the Directory
French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the year lll, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799. -
Napoleon Gains Control
After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup defeat, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. -
Waterloo.
The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies led by the Duke of Wellington in 1815, which ended his last bid for power
