timeline of terror

5 may 1789: estates-general called to meet

20 june 1789: tennis court path

14 july 1789: storming of the bastille

17 july - 8 august 1789: great fear begins

26 august 1789: declaration of the rights of man

5-6 october 1789: women’s march on versailles

22 january 1791: execution of louis xvi

10 october 1793: execution of marie antoinette

5 september 1793 - 29 july 1794: reign of terror begins

24 july 1794: execution of robespierre

9 november 1794: napoleon takes power