French Revolution

  • The formation of the Committee of Public Safety
    1793 BCE

    The formation of the Committee of Public Safety

    Formed the provisional government in France during the Reign of Terror, a phase of the French Revolution.
  • The massacre in Lyon
    1793 BCE

    The massacre in Lyon

    French Republican forces laid siege and captured the city of Lyon, which was the centre of a revolt against the French government during the War of the First Coalition.
  • The first Constitution of France
    1791 BCE

    The first Constitution of France

    The short-lived French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
  • Tennis Court Oath
    1789 BCE

    Tennis Court Oath

    On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established
  • Women’s March on Versailles
    1789 BCE

    Women’s March on Versailles

    The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the October March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.
  • Storming of the Bastille
    1789 BCE

    Storming of the Bastille

    his violent attack on the government by the people of France signaled the start of the French Revolution.
  • Louis XVI is crowned
    1775 BCE

    Louis XVI is crowned

    Louis XVI was the monarch of France during the French Revolution till the monarchy was abolished and France was declared a Republic.
  • The publication of the Social Contract by Rousseau
    1762 BCE

    The publication of the Social Contract by Rousseau

    The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish.
  • The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes
    1651 BCE

    The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes

  • Building of the Palace at Versailles
    1631 BCE

    Building of the Palace at Versailles

    t was a small country residence and, according to the Maréchal de Bassompierre, “a mere gentleman would not have been overly proud of the construction.