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The creation of The National Assembly
During the French Revolution the National Assembly, which existed from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate. -
The Tennis Court Oath
On June 20, 1789, they were locked out of their meeting hall at Versailles and they thought that the king was going to make them separate. So they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court which was called salle du jeu de paume. There they took an oath to never separate until a written constitution had been established for France. -
Storming Of The Bastille
On July 14, 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison became a symbol of the monarchy's absolute rule. -
Abolition of Feudalism
A small group of deputies prepared a surprise move in the assembly with the abolishment of feudalism. A few liberal noblemen, by prearrangement, arose and surrendered their hunting rights, manors, properties, feudal and seigneurial privileges. All personal tax privileges were given up. What was left of serfdom and all personal servitudes was declared ended. With legal privilege replaced by legal equality, it proceeded to map the principles of the new order of France. -
The Declaration of The Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Women March on Versailles
On October 5, 1789, an angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets. Marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles. which was supposed to be a key event in the intensifying French Revolution. -
Napoleon Gains Control
Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution in 1789-1799. After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. -
Flight to Varennes
During the night of June 20–21, 1791, was a significant moment in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, his queen Marie Antoinette, and their family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to start a counter-revolution. -
Tricolor Cocade Made Compulsory For Men to Wear
Revolutionaries started wearing red, white, and blue cockades, or badges, to identify themselves as revolutionaries. The red and blue represented Paris, and the white represented the House of Bourbon. This cockade became a powerful symbol that its colours were later chosen for the French flag. -
The September Massacres
The September Massacres was a bunch of deaths in Paris. which occurred in September 2–7, 1792. There was a fear that foreign and royalist armies would attack Paris and that the convict of the city's prisons would be freed and join them. -
The Execution of Louis XVI
The execution of Louis XVI took place on January 21 1793 at the Place de la Révolution, which was previously Place Louis XV, and renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795, in Paris. It was a major event of the Revolution. -
The Creation of The Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety was created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured
in July 1793. It Formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror, which was in 1793–94. -
The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was born May 24, 1743, near Neuchâtel Switzerland and he died July 13, 1793, in Paris. He was a French politician, physician, and journalist and a leader of the radical Montagnard faction during the French Revolution. his assassination was in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a young Girondin conservative. -
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror lasted from September 1793 until the fall of Robespierre in 1794. Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. -
The Execution of Maximillian Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was born May 6, 1758 and he died July 28, 1794 in Paris. He was the major Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. -
The Creation of The Directory
The French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799. It included a bicameral legislature.The Directory suffered from widespread corruption. -
Battle of The Pyramids
Napoleon wins his Egyptian campaign with an army of 38,000. It was a battle fought between the French army in Egypt under Napoleon, and local Mamluk forces. -
Napoleon's Russian Campaign
Napoleon ignored the advice of his advisers and launched an invasion on Russia. The Russians avoided Napoleon's objective of a decisive engagement and instead retreated deeper into Russia. The French suffered greatly in the course of a ruinous retreat, in the end fewer than 40 000 men were left.