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Storming of the Bastille ignights the French Revolution.
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George Washington is inaugurated as first U.S. President.
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Voted to establish National Assembly.
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French Revolution era
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Parisian women rioted over rising price of bread. The women marched to Versailles and demanded bread from the National Assembly.
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King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine, Reign of Terror begins.
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Writer Olympe de Gouges published decalration of rights of women, her ideas were rejected. Later, in 1793 she was declared an enemy of the Revolution and executed.
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Great Britian siezes the cape colony in South Africa from the Dutch.
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Directory appoints Napoleon commander of French Forces in Italy.
