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The three Estates (the clergy, nobles and common people) assemble to discuss with King Louis XVI solutions for the financial problems.
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National Assembly is formed: revolutionary assembly formed by the Third Estate (common people).
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The Third Estate take over the prison called La Bastille: stands as a symbol of the monarchy. This later becomes France's National Day.
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The National Constituent Assembly announces that all personal servitude and nobility are abolished.
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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.
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King Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and their children try to flee Paris to Montmedy to plan a counter-revolution.
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King Louis XVI is executed on La Place De La Revolution by the guillotine.
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After a two-day trial, Marie-Antoinette is convicted of high treason and executed by the guillotine on La Place De La Revolution.
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Maximilien Robespierre is arrested by the National Convention for the execution of 17,000+ people.