The French Revolution By csiakeonhoopark May 5, 1789 Estates General Jun 17, 1789 National Assembly formed Period: Jun 17, 1789 to Oct 1, 1791 National Assembly Jun 20, 1789 Tennis Court Oath Jul 14, 1789 Storming of the Bastille Aug 4, 1789 Abolition of Feudalism in France Aug 26, 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Oct 5, 1789 Women's March on Versailles, Louis moved to Tuileries Nov 1, 1789 Assignat Jun 20, 1790 Flight to Varennes, Louis tries to escape Jul 1, 1790 Civil Constitution of the Clergy Jul 17, 1791 Champ de Mars massacre Aug 24, 1791 Declaration of Pillnitz Sep 3, 1791 Constitution of 1791 Period: Oct 1, 1791 to Sep 5, 1792 Legislative Assembly Apr 20, 1792 Frech Revolutionary Wars against Austria Jul 11, 1792 La Marseillaise Jul 25, 1792 Brunswick Manifesto Aug 10, 1792 Insurrection of 10 August Sep 20, 1792 Victory at Battle of Valmy Period: Sep 20, 1792 to Oct 26, 1795 National Convention Sep 21, 1792 French Monarchy abolished Sep 22, 1792 1st Republic of France Jan 21, 1793 Louis 16 guillotine execution Mar 7, 1793 Rebellion Vendeenne Mar 10, 1793 Revolutionary Tribunal Apr 6, 1793 Committee of Public Safety May 31, 1793 Insurrection of 31 May Jun 2, 1793 Reign of Terror begins Jun 24, 1793 Constitution of 1793 Jul 13, 1793 Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat (a Jacobin) Aug 1, 1793 Metric System Aug 23, 1793 Levee en masse (conscription) Sep 29, 1793 General Maximum Oct 16, 1793 Marie Antoinette execution Oct 24, 1793 French Republican calendar Feb 5, 1794 Robespierre Principles of Political Morality Feb 10, 1794 Jacques Roux suicide (an enrage) Mar 24, 1794 Jacques Rene Hebert (a Herbertist) executed Apr 5, 1794 Georges Danton executed, indulgents fall Jun 8, 1794 Robespierre Supreme-being Jul 27, 1794 Thermidorian Reaction Aug 22, 1795 Constitution of 1795 Period: Nov 2, 1795 to Nov 10, 1799 French Directory May 1, 1796 Conspiracy of the Equals (Francois-Noel Babeuf) Nov 9, 1799 Napoleon Coup d'Etat