French Revolution Timeline

By GabrielleMoore

  • Women's March of Versailles

    An angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles. It was a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution.

  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    King Louis XVI was convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death. He was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

  • Establishment Of Committee of Public Safety

    Created by the National Convention to form the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of terror.