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The state prison on the east side of Paris, known as Bastille, was attacked and stormed by angry civilians, they freed a couple of prisoners, but the main "loot" was the weapons in the armory.
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Parisian market women lead a march on Versailles to protest about scarcity and high price of bread.
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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is published allowing the French government control of the Church. Due to badly needed money, the government starts to sell church land.
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After being put on trial the king is sentenced to death. He is executed by the guillotine on January 21, 1793.
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Maximilien Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins, is executed and the power of the Jacobins fall with him. The Girondins gain more power as a result.