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When was the last calling of the Estates General before Louis XVI’s reign?
1614
When was the Seven Year’s War?
1756 - 1763
When did Louis XVI become King of France?
1774
When was Turgot the Minister of Finance?
1774 - 1776
When was Necker Finance Minister (the first time)?
1776 - 1781
When was the Compte Rendu published?
February 1781
When was the economic crisis?
1781 - 1787
When did Calonne become the Director General of Finance for France?
1783
When did Calonne propose his reforms?
August 1786
When did the Assembly of Notables meet?
February 1787
When was the Assembly of Notables dissolved?
May 1787
When was Calonne dismissed?
April 1787
When was Brienne put in charge of Finance?
May 1787
When did Brienne present his reforms to the Paris Parlement?
1787
When did Louis XVI exile the Paris Parlement to Troyes?
15th August 1787
When was France declared bankrupt?
16th August 1787
When was Necker reinstated?
25th August 1788
When was Louis XVI forced to allow the Paris Parlement to return?
September 1788
When did Louis XVI agree to call the Estates General?
24th January 1789
When did the Estates General meet?
5th May 1789
What year did production and employment in the French textile industry fall by half?
1789
When was the National Assembly proclaimed?
17th June 1789
When was the Tennis Court Oath?
20th June 1789
When does Louis XVI declare that the decisions made by the third estate are null and void?
23rd June 1789
When do 151 clergy and 47 nobles join the National Assembly?
24th - 25th June 1789
When does Louis XVI reverse his decision about the decisions made by the third estate?
27th June 1789
When did Louis XVI have nearly 4000 troops stationed in Paris?
29th June 1789
In what year could bread cost 88% of a Parisian worker’s wage?
1789
When was Necker removed from his position as Controller-General of Finance?
11th July 1789
When were there large scale popular demonstrations in France?
12th July 1789
When was the Storming of the Bastille?
14th July 1789
When did the citizen’s militia become the National Guard - with Lafayette appointed commander?
15th July 1789
When the start of the Great Fear?
20th July 1789
When were the decrees dismantling feudalism passed?
4th August 1789
When was the decree establishing the National Guard?
10th August 1789
When was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Civilian’s passed?
26th August 1789
When was Louis XVI granted a suspensive veto?
11th September 1789
When were the October Days?
5th - 6th October 1789
When was Church land nationalised?
2nd November 1789
When was the first assignat issued?
17th December 1789
When was France divided into departments?
26th February 1790
When was the Gabelle abolished?
March 1790
When did assignats become a paper currency?
April 1790
When was Paris’ local government reformed into 48 sections?
21st May 1790
When was the abolition of the nobility?
19th June 1790
When was the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
12th July 1790
When was the French judiciary reorganised?
16th August 1790
When was the Oath of Loyalty?
27th November 1790
When was the Le Chapelier law passed?
14th June 1791
When was the Flight to Varennes?
20th - 21st June 1791
When was the Champ de Mars massacre?
17th July 1791
When does Louis XVI accept the Constitution?
13th September 1791
When was the Constituent Assembly renamed the Legislative Assembly?
1st October 1791
When were the decrees against refractory priests?
27th April 1792
When was the attack on the Tuilleries?
10th August 1792
When were the September massacres?
2nd - 6th September 1792
When was France declared a republic?
22nd September 1792
When was Louis XVI executed?
21st January 1793
When was the Revolutionary Tribunal set up?
10th March 1793
When was the Vendee revolt?
11th March 1793
When was the Committee of Public Safety created?
6th April 1793
When was the new constitution introduced?
24th June 1793
When was the levee en masse?
23rd August 1793
When was the law of suspects introduced?
17th September 1793
When was the General Maximum introduced?
29th September 1793
When was the revolutionary calendar introduced?
5th October 1793
When was the execution of Girondin leaders?
31st October 1793
When was the revolutionary government established?
4th December 1793
When was Hebert executed?
24th March 1794
When were Danton and Desmoulins executed?
5th April 1794
When was the Great Terror?
10th June - 27th July 1794
When was the Coup of Thermidor?
27th - 28th July 1794
When was Robespierre executed?
28th July 1794
When was the law of Prarial repealed?
1st August 1794
When did the State end financial support of the Church?
18th September 1794
When was the Germinal Uprising?
1st - 2nd April 1795
When was the White Terror?
April - May 1795
When was the Prarial Uprising?
20th - 23rd May 1795
When was the Constitution of Year III?
22nd August 1795
When was the Vendemaire Uprising?
5th - 6th October 1795
When was the Directory set up?
2nd November 1795
When did Napoleon lead the Italian invasion?
March 1796
When was the Coup of Fructidor?
4th September 1797
When was the Treaty of Campo Formio signed?
17th October 1797
When was the law of Floreal introduced?
11th May 1798
When was the Coup of Brumaire?
9th - 10th November 1799
When was the Year VIII Constitution introduced?
25th December 1799
When was the first Bank of France set up?
24th January 1800
When was the Concordat signed?
15th July 1801
When was the Year X Constitution signed?
4th August 1802
When was the start of the Napoleonic War?
18th May 1803
When was the War of the Third Coalition?
1803 - 1805
When was the Civil Code3 created?
21st March 1804
When was Napoleon declared Emperor?
18th May 1804
When was the Battle of Ulm?
16th October 1805
When was the Battle of Trafalgar?
21st October 1805
When was the Battle of Austerlitz?
2nd December 1805
When was the War of the Fourth Coalition?
October 1806 to July 1807
When were the Battles of Jena and Austerstadt?
14th October 1806
When was the Battle of Eylau?
8th February 1807