French Revolution Timeline

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  • Louis XVI comes to power

    Louis XVI comes to power

  • Louis marriage consumated

    Louis marriage consumated

    Louis XVI marries Marrie Antoinette
  • Great Fear

    Great Fear

  • Estates general

    Estates general

    Louis convened the estates general for the first time in years
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille

    where peasants stormed the Bastille to gain arms

  • Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen issued

    Declaration of French independance
  • womens march on versailles

    womens march on versailles

  • flight from paris

    flight from paris

  • champ de mars massacre

    champ de mars massacre

  • Declaration of Pilnitz

    Declaration of Pilnitz

    An agreement to put Louis back on the throne of France
  • national convention meets

    national convention meets

    the national convention made up mostly of third estate met to draft a constitution
  • reign of terror

    reign of terror

    where any enemy of the revolution was beheaded

  • Directory comes to power

    replaced the national convention