History - French Revoloution

1788

King Louis is worried France will go bankrupt due to the war that France is funding in North America

5th May 1789

Louis calls an Estates-General meeting with representatives of all three estates

13th June 1789

The representatives of the third estate declare themselves the National Assembly

20th June 1789

The National Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath in Versailles.

14th July 1789

The Parisians storm the Bastille, and release the captives. The fortress gets torn down.

20th August 1789

The National Assembly abolish the status of the nobility and issued the Declaration of rights of Man and Citizen

1789 - 1792

King Louis becomes a constitutional monarch - he is not happy about this happening

June 1791

Louis and his family attempt to escape France to allies at the border. This is known as the Flight to Varennes.

10th August 1792

The monarchy is overthrown. Louis is arrested.

21st January 1772

King Louis is executed after being put on trial. The method is death by guillotine

September 1792

The terror begins. Massacre in a prison after paranoia spreads and people believe that the prisoners are ‘enemies of the revolution’