French Revolution Timeline By amandasexton10 1763 Execution of Marie Antoinette. 1789 Women’s March on the Palace of Versailles. 1789 The Declaration of the Rights of Man issued. 1789 The Great Fear begins. 1789 The Tennis Court Oath taken by the National Assembly. 1789 Storming of the Bastille 1791 Louis XVI attempts to flee to Austria with his family. 1793 The Reign of Terror begins. 1793 Execution of Louis XVI. 1799 Napoleon takes power.