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The Diamond Necklace Affair concludes with the acquittal of Cardinal Rohan and the discrediting of Marie Antoinette.
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King Louis XVI needed money. His financial crisis forced the French monarch to reluctantly convene the Estates General in order to have more land he needed taxes.
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After being locked out of their meeting room, the people of the Third Estate assembled on a tennis court and swore not to separate until a constitutional regime was established.
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Storming and fall of the Bastille.
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The end of feudalism and serfdom in France is announced by the National Assembly.
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The National Assembly states the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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The women of Paris invade Versailles. Parisians, led by a large number of women, march upon Versailles and force the royal family back to Paris, where they take up residence at the Tuileries. Louis XVI is considered by many a "prisoner" in Paris. The Assembly, still in Versailles, declares, in the spirit of constitutional monarchy, its inseparability from the king.
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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed.
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Louis XVI and his family are arrested while trying to flee from France.
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The Constitution of 1791 is adopted.
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France battles Austria on Austria.
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attacked the Tuileries Palace, forcing Louis XVI and the royal family to take shelter with the Legislative Assembly.
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The First meeting of the National Convention is made.
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Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine.
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France declares war on Britain and Holland.
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The Reign of Terror sentences 20,000 to 40,000 people to death.
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The National Convention arrests Robespierre.
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Robespierre is free.
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The Constitution of 1795 established a liberal republic with a franchise based on the payment of taxes.
