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The tennis court oath,
The Oath of the Ball Game was a union commitment presented on June 20, 1789 between the 577 deputies of the third estate not to separate until France was provided with a Constitution, facing pressure from the King of France Louis XVI. -
Storming of the Bastille
On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
Abolition of feudalism
The abolition of the feudal system took place during the famous night session of the National Assembly on August 4th 1789. It decrees that, among the existing rights and dues, both feudal and censuel, all those originating in or representing real or personal serfdom shall be abolished without indemnification.