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A timeline of the French Revolution

Created by dondon93 on May 16, 2008

Last updated: 05/19/08 at 07:38 AM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  May 16, 2008 9:12 AM

• Beginning of the Great Fear
  Jul 16, 1989

  The beginning of the Great Fear, the peasantry revolt against feudalism and a number of urban disturbances and revolts. Many members of the aristocracy flee Paris to become émigrés.

• Robespierre's Reign of Terror
  Dec 31, 1792

  Robespierre's Reign of Terror

• Louis XVI is executed
  Dec 31, 1792

  Louis XVI gets executed
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=0u3AxmBgqYg

• The Directory is Installed
  Sep 19, 1792

  The Directory is installed First and Second Estates join the Third Estate in the newly formed National Assembly

• France declares war on Austria
  Mar 1792

  France declares war on Austria

• Constitution made in 1791
  Oct 31, 1791

  The Constitution of 1791 sets up a limited constitutional monarchy in France

• The Bread March on Versailles
  Oct 4, 1789

  the woman march to Versailles and force Louis XVI to return to Paris

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
  Aug 25, 1789

  The National Assembly adopts the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen"

• The storming of the Bastille
  Jul 13, 1789

  the Storming of the Bastille

• The Tennis Court Oath
  Jun 19, 1789

  The Tennis Court Oath is spoken

• King Louis XVI calls the Estates General
  Jul 1788

  King Louis XVI calls the Estates General

• King Louis XVI calls the Estates General
  Jul 31, 1788

  King Louis XVI calls the Estates General

• Financial Crisis in France
  Feb 26, 1787

  Excessive spending and poor harvests lead to a financial crisis in France.