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Representatives of the tiers état form a National Assembly swearing not to leave until a new constitution is established.
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Armed citizens storm and capture the Bastille.
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Louis XVI attempts to flee to Varennes but is recognised and forcibly returned to Paris.
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Jacobin masses storm the Tuileries Palace, massacring the Swiss Guard, and the King imprisoned.
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Louis XVI executed.
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Marie-Antoinette tried and executed.
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(22 Prairial) procedures for mass trial and execution implemented. Victims will go to the guillotine now in batches of 50 or 60 at a time. An estimated 2,750 are executed of whom the great majority are poor
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Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy.
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(18th Brumaire) Napoleon Bonaparte named “First Consul,” now the effective dictator.
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Napoleon consecrated as Emperor.
