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King Louis XVI calls together the Estates General to fix try and find a way to fix Frances bankruptcy and other major problems.
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The Third Estate reconstituted themselves as the National Assembly. Their purpose being the creation of a French constitution.
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The Third Estate locked themselves in a Tennis Court and swore they would not leave until a French constitution was established.
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On July 14, 1789, the partisans of the Third Estate stormed the political prison called, the Bastille. The storming occurred in Paris, France.
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The National Assembly proclaimed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. This laid out a system of rights that were for everyone, no matter who you were.
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Throughout September 2, 1792 - September 7, 1792, the Commune orders the massacres of the prisoners in Paris, France's prisons, after the surrender of Verdun. Between 1,090 to 1,395 prisoners were murdered.
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Louis XVI was put on trial from December 10, 1972 - January 21, 1973 and was then found guilty. By January 21, by only one vote, Louis XVI was sentenced to die.
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Marie-Antoinette was found guilty after being convicted and guillotined on October 16, 1793.
