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French Revolution

  • Estates General

    Estates General

    The three Estates (the clergy, nobles and common people) assemble to discuss with King Louis XVI solutions for the financial problems.
  • National Assembly

    National Assembly

    National Assembly is formed: revolutionary assembly formed by the Third Estate (common people).
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille

    The Third Estate take over the prison called La Bastille: stands as a symbol of the monarchy. This later becomes France's National Day.
  • La Nuit du 4 Aout

    La Nuit du 4 Aout

    The National Constituent Assembly announces that all personal servitude and nobility are abolished.
  • Women's march to Versailles

    Women's march to Versailles

    Women from the marketplace in Paris rioting over the price of bread: thousands of women marched to the Palace of Versailles with demands to King Louis XVI.
  • Escape of the Royal Family

    Escape of the Royal Family

    King Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and their children try to flee Paris to Montmedy to plan a counter-revolution.
  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    Execution of King Louis XVI

    King Louis XVI is executed on La Place De La Revolution by the guillotine.
  • Execution of Marie-Antoinette

    Execution of Marie-Antoinette

    After a two-day trial, Marie-Antoinette is convicted of high treason and executed by the guillotine on La Place De La Revolution.
  • Execution of Robespierre

    Execution of Robespierre

    Maximilien Robespierre is arrested by the National Convention for the execution of 17,000+ people.