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1774
Louis XVI assumes the throne of France alongside his wife Marie Antoinette. -
1787
The agrarian, commercial and financial crisis was total. He summons the Board of Nobles to study a solution. -
1788
Popular pressure forces Louis XVI to summon the States General. -
1789
States General Fail. The third state decided to abandon the meetings to form, separately, a National Assembly that swore not to rest until it gave France a Constitution (June 20) The mob takes the Bastille (July 14) Proclamation of the rights of man and citizen (August 26) -
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Constitutional Monarchy
(Constituent Assembly 1789 - 1791) (Legislative Assembly 1791 - 1792) -
1790
The civil constitution of the Clergy is promulgated. -
1791
Proclamation of the first Constitution of France The royal family tried to flee the country, but is discovered and arrested. -
1792
Austria was the first country to face the French. The republic was proclaimed. -
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First Republic
(Convention 1792 - 1795) (Directory 1795 - 1799) (Consulate 1799 - 1804) -
1793
Louis XVI was executed Queen Marie Antoinette was executed -
1794
Robespierre and his followers fall who are guillotined. -
1799
Napoleon Bonaparte staged a great coup that put an end to the Directory -
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Empire
End of the revolution in 1804 (1804 - 1814) -
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Restoration