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Opening of the État-général at Versailles.
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Armed citizens storm and capture the Bastille.
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National Assembly decrees Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
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Louis XVI attempts to flee to Varennes but is recognised and forcibly returned to Paris.
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King formally accepts Constitution
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Jacobin masses storm the Tuileries Palace, massacring the Swiss Guard, and the King imprisoned.
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Louis XVI executed
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“Law of Suspects” initiates the Terror.
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Marie-Antoinette tried and executed
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Robisepierre becomes a dictator
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Convention calls for arrest of Robespierre. Robespierre attempts insurrection which flops, is arrested and executed. After about 150 of his supporters are done away with, the Terror is over.
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Royalists attempt a coup and Napoleon Bonaparte makes his name suppressing the move with grapeshot. The popular party gains strength, Gracchus Babeuf is its spokesperson, holding running meetings at the Pantheon.
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The Convention dissolves itself in favour of a dictatorship of the Directorate.
