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Judicial Reformation
Judicial reforms partly abolishing the power of parliaments to review legislation are forced through the parlements by Lamoignon in a lit de justice timed to coincide with military sessions -
Declaration of National Assembly
The Third Estate delegates declare themselves to be the National Assembly. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille, a large fortress, prison and armoury in eastern Paris, is besieged and stormed by revolutions. Several officials, including Bastille governor de Launay and finance minister Foulon, are murdered. -
feudalsim Dues
The National Assembly begins to dismantle seigneurialism, with many nobles voluntarily surrendering their own feudal dues. These reforms are enacted by the August Decrees. -
Declaration of the Rights
The National Assembly passes the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. -
Womens March on Versailles
Parisian citizens, including large numbers of women, march on Versailles and menace the royal family.The royal family and the National Assembly agree to leave Versailles for Paris. -
Jewish virtual Library
The first release of assignats is circulated. The National Assembly approves further printings.Legal and commercial restrictions on Jews are officially lifted. -
Civil Constitution of Clergy
Monastic vows were forbidden and all ecclesiastical orders and congregations were dissolved, excepting those devoted to teaching children and nursing the sick. -
National Assembly
The National Assembly decrees the abolition of all noble ranks and titles -
Civil Counstitution of Clergy is Passed
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed by the National Assembly. -
Bastille Day
The Fete de la Federation, a celebration of the revolution and the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, takes place in Paris. -
Parlaments Abolished
The parlements are formally abolished -
Counter-Revolutionary Assembly
Royalists and emigres gathered at Jales in southern France form the first counter-revolutionary assembly. -
Publication of Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France
The publication of Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. A number of counter-revolutionary riots break out in the city of Lyons. -
Oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
A National Assembly decree requires all clergymen to swear an oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy -
Le Chapelier Law is Passed
The National Assembly passes the Le Chapelier Law, prohibiting worker unions, associations and strikes. -
Flight to Varennes
The royal family attempts to flee Paris to a loyalist stronghold in Montmedy but are intercepted and arrested at Varennes. -
Return to Paris
Louis XVI and the royal family are returned to Paris under guard. -
Marseillaise
Louis XVI formally ratifies the Constitution of 1791. -
Issues of Slavery
The National Assembly issues a decree abolishing slavery in France, though not in its colonies. -
National Assembly is Dissolved
The National Assembly is dissolved, after passing a self-denying ordinance that prevents its members from sitting in the new Legislative Assembly. -
Issues of Slavery
The National Assembly issues a decree abolishing slavery in France, though not in its colonies. -
War on Austria
The Girondin majority in the Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria. -
National Convention
The first session of the National Convention votes unanimously to abolish the monarchy.The National Convention votes to introduce a decimalised revolutionary calendar, beginning with Year I of the First Republic.
