Prise de la bastille

"French Revolution"

  • June 20, 1789. Oath of the Jeu de Paume

    June 20, 1789. Oath of the Jeu de Paume

    After having been built in the National Assembly, and when the door of the room in which they will deliberate is closed by royal order, the representatives of the third estate meet in the covered pediment that was used to play ball and solemnly swear not to divide until they endowed France from a constitution.
  • July 14, 1789. Storming of the Bastille.

    July 14, 1789. Storming of the Bastille.

    Its governor, De Launay, opens fire on the attackers causing a hundred deaths, however he is forced to capitulate and is assassinated on the plot. 3 days later Louis XVI recognizes the new order of things by going to the City Hall escorted by the Marquis de Lafayette, a profound man in the case as commander of the National Guard.
  • June 21, 1791. Flight of the king aborted at Varennes

    June 21, 1791. Flight of the king aborted at Varennes

    After a day's journey north, where loyal troops have to escort them to the other side of the border, they are discovered and detained in the town of Varennes, and from there returned to Paris, where they receive a cold reception.
  • September 14, 1791

    September 14, 1791

    The Constituent Assembly dissolves and,
    After a census-based election to which the outgoing deputies do not have the possibility to demonstrate, the Legislative Assembly is centered on October 1.
  • August 10, 1792. Overthrow of the Monarchy.

    August 10, 1792. Overthrow of the Monarchy.

    The monarch and his family take shelter in the Legislative Assembly, and an Insurrectionary Commune takes control of the Paris City Council. The Assembly provisionally suspends the monarch and calls a National Convention.
  • January 21, 1793. Execution of Louis XVI.

    January 21, 1793. Execution of Louis XVI.

    The executioner raises his head in front of a shocked crowd, who learned that same morning of the murder of deputy Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau by a former bodyguard. The English and Spanish monarchies will immediately join the nations at war against the French Republic
  • March 10, 1793. Creation of the Revolutionary Court.

    March 10, 1793. Creation of the Revolutionary Court.

    News of the military setbacks in Belgium creates a climate of concern and outrage in Paris. In addition, an attempted uprising is created in Paris on the part of the Enragés, with complicities in the Jacobin Club and the Commune. In the following days the catholic and monarchical area of ​​the Vendée took up arms against the Republic.
  • May 31 to June 2, 1793. Jacobin coup.

    May 31 to June 2, 1793. Jacobin coup.

    The union between the Jacobins and the Enragés with the support of the Commune mobilizes the sections of Paris against the moderate leaders of the Convention. After 3 days of pulse, during which it is harassed by the National Guard, the Convention yields and puts twenty-nine of its members and 2 ministers under house arrest.
  • October 16, 1793. Execution of Marie Antoinette

    October 16, 1793. Execution of Marie Antoinette

    The deposed queen is guillotined after a mock trial in the Revolutionary Court, during which she is accused of having incestuous relations with her son.
  • November 9, 1799. Napoleon takes power.

    November 9, 1799. Napoleon takes power.

    After a year in which the Thermidorians control the Convention, and 4 of an authoritarian regime through the Directory, the coup d'état of Brumaire 18 takes place, in which General Napoleon Bonaparte, recently returned from Egypt, takes power as first consul.