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Summoning of the Estates-General
The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. -
Tennis Court Oath
On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Surrender of Feudal Rights
One of the central events of the French Revolution was to abolish feudalism, and the old rules, taxes and privileges left over from the age of feudalism. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen of 1789, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. -
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Outbreak of the Paris Mob
The Parisian mob was one of the main reasons why the French revolution could start. -
Constitution accepted by King Louis XV
the National Constituent Assembly forced king Louis XVI to accept the French Constitution , thus turning the absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. -
Execution of Louis XVI
The execution of Louis XVI, by means of the guillotine, a major event of the French Revolution, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution -
French declare war against Austria
Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would unify the country, and had a genuine desire to spread the ideas of the Revolution to all of Europe. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody
The Insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution. The storming of the Tuileries Palace by the National Guard of the Paris Commune and fédérés from Marseille and Brittany caused the fall of the French monarchy.