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first revolt against the king -
Necker announces that the representation of the Third Estate will be doubled and that nobles and clergymen will be eligible to sit with the Third Estate. -
by workers of the Réveillon wallpaper factory in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. Twenty-five workers were killed in battles with police. -
A large, armed crowd besieges the Bastille, which holds only seven prisoners but has a large supply of gunpowder, which the crowd wants. After several hours of resistance, the governor of the fortress de Launay finally surrenders; as he exits, he is killed by the crowd. The crowd also killed de Flesselles, the provost of the Paris merchants. -
in Toulon, who arrest Admiral d'Albert. -
demanding lower bread prices -
refuses to allow Austrian troops to cross French territory to suppress an uprising in Belgium, inspired by the French Revolution. -
of Prussia asking for a military intervention by European monarchs to restore his authority. -
The Assembly suspends his functions until further notice. -
are required to have a passport to travel in the interior of the country. -
relations between England and France. -
champion of rights for women, accused of Girondin sympathies, is guillotined. -
the sister of Louis XVI. -
of Paris prisons arrested under the Law of Suspects are released. -
dismissed under the convention are reintegrated into the army.