French Revolution: by Antoinette clark By branham May 5, 1789 The Estates-General meets after not meeting for 175 years Jun 20, 1789 Tennis Court Oath of dismissed Estates-General members who refuse to adjourn Jul 14, 1789 Beginning of the French Revolution and the Storming of the Bastille Period: Jul 28, 1789 to Sep 5, 1794 28 July 1794: Aug 4, 1789 Nobles forced to recant their feudal rights, and so make the Declaration of Rights of Man Oct 16, 1793 Marie Antoinette guillotined.