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Colonists from the Thirteen American Colonies revolt against the British.
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Parisians grew panicked as rumors of an impending military coup began to circulate, as fear and violence strikes many in the capital. This event leads up to the Storming of the Bastille.
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A popular insurgency accumulated when rioters stormed the Bastille fortress in an attempt to obtain weapons. This marks the beginning of the French Revolution.
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The Third-Estate fights back after going through harsh conditions.
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National Constituent Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a document to announce the Assembly’s commitment to replace the current system with a system based on equal opportunity, freedom of speech, popular sovereignty and representative government.
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France's first written constitution is adopted echoing the voices in the National Constituent Assembly.
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Extremist Jacobins attack the royal residence in Paris and arrest King Louis XVI.
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King Louis XVI was beheaded by a guillotine after being reduced to a common citizen and a prisoner.
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King Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette unsuccessfully attempt to flee.
