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In this day a meeting that was made by the King reunited an equal number of representatives from three states to solve this serious political crisis.
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The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris.
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King Louis XVI accepts the new constitution that was made and the next day he had signed it.The French constitution was created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy.
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This is the day the Insurrection of 10 August 1792 began as one of the defining events in the history of the French Revolution.
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One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
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The Law of Suspects is passed, authorizing the creation of revolutionary tribunals to try those suspected of treason against the Republic and to punish those convicted with death.
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Seven months after the execution of the King, shortly after the declaration of "Revolutionary Government," the Convention turned to the rest of the royal family. Fearing that Marie Antoinette and her son, the nominal King, would provide rallying points for royalists within France and abroad, a Revolutionary Tribunal indicted Marie Antoinette and her children for treason. Two attorneys were assigned to prepare her defense, and one describes the situation here.
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The comittee of public safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Heertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders,
