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The National Constituent Assembly votes to suspend the parlements.

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The National Constituent Assembly votes to suspend the parlements.

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Hundreds of Parisian citizens, including large numbers of women, march on Versailles, accompanied by the National Guard.

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Hundreds of Parisian citizens, including large numbers of women, march on Versailles, accompanied by the National Guard.

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The National Constituent Assembly passes the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.

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The National Constituent Assembly passes the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.

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The National Constituent Assembly reforms provincial government, creating 83 new departements.

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The National Constituent Assembly reforms provincial government, creating 83 new departements.

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Jean-Paul Marat‘s radical newspaper The Friend of the People is published on the streets of Paris for the first time.

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Jean-Paul Marat‘s radical newspaper The Friend of the People is published on the streets of Paris for the first time.

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The National Constituent Assembly begins the sale of church lands and approves a first release of 400 million assignats, a paper bond backed by income from these sales. The assignats become a de facto paper currency.

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The National Constituent Assembly begins the sale of church lands and approves a first release of 400 million assignats, a paper bond backed by income from these sales. The assignats become a de facto paper currency.

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The National Constituent Assembly nationalises church lands, passing the Decree on Church Lands and declaring that all ecclesiastical lands are “at the disposal of the nation”.

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The National Constituent Assembly nationalises church lands, passing the Decree on Church Lands and declaring that all ecclesiastical lands are “at the disposal of the nation”.

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News reaches Paris that royal soldiers at Versailles stomped on tricolour cockades at a drunken party.

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News reaches Paris that royal soldiers at Versailles stomped on tricolour cockades at a drunken party.

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Lettres de cachet are formally abolished.

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Lettres de cachet are formally abolished.

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The National Constituent Assembly passes the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

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The National Constituent Assembly passes the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

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A decree of the National Constituent Assembly requires all clergymen to swear an oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

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A decree of the National Constituent Assembly requires all clergymen to swear an oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

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The royal family attempts to leave Paris for a summer palace at Saint-Cloud, but their journey is prevented by a Paris mob.

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The royal family attempts to leave Paris for a summer palace at Saint-Cloud, but their journey is prevented by a Paris mob.

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The Champ de Mars massacre. Jacobins and Cordeliers rally on the Champ de Mars, to construct a petition calling for the abolition of the monarchy. The National Guard opens fire on a rowdy group, killing between 20-50 people.

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The Champ de Mars massacre. Jacobins and Cordeliers rally on the Champ de Mars, to construct a petition calling for the abolition of the monarchy. The National Guard opens fire on a rowdy group, killing between 20-50 people.

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Austrian emperor Leopold II issues the Padua Circular, calling on all European monarchs to protect the French royal family.

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Austrian emperor Leopold II issues the Padua Circular, calling on all European monarchs to protect the French royal family.

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The Jacobin club decides to protest against the king at the Champ de Mars. 

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The Jacobin club decides to protest against the king at the Champ de Mars. 

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The rulers of Prussia and Austria issues the Declaration of Pillnitz, affirming their support for Louis XVI.

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The rulers of Prussia and Austria issues the Declaration of Pillnitz, affirming their support for Louis XVI.

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The king formally ratifies the Constitution of 1791 and swears an oath of allegiance to the new state.

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The king formally ratifies the Constitution of 1791 and swears an oath of allegiance to the new state.

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The king addresses the Legislative Assembly and, under advice from Girondin ministers, asks the assembly to declare war on Austria, Hungary and Bohemia. This marks the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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The king addresses the Legislative Assembly and, under advice from Girondin ministers, asks the assembly to declare war on Austria, Hungary and Bohemia. This marks the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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The Tuileries Palace is invaded by Parisians and republican soldiers. The king takes refuge in the Legislative Assembly, then is arrested and imprisoned. Soldiers of the Swiss Guard at the Tuileries are massacred. In the coming days the Legislative Assembly suspends the king, quashes his vetoes and establishes a national convention based on universal voting rights.

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The Tuileries Palace is invaded by Parisians and republican soldiers. The king takes refuge in the Legislative Assembly, then is arrested and imprisoned. Soldiers of the Swiss Guard at the Tuileries are massacred. In the coming days the Legislative Assembly suspends the king, quashes his vetoes and establishes a national convention based on universal voting rights.

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A crowd invades the Tuileries, demanding that the king withdraw his vetoes. The king is pressured to wear a red liberty cap and publicly humiliated.

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A crowd invades the Tuileries, demanding that the king withdraw his vetoes. The king is pressured to wear a red liberty cap and publicly humiliated.

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The trial of Louis XVI begins before the National Convention.

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The trial of Louis XVI begins before the National Convention.

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Early military defeats and the threat of a Prussian invasion lead the Legislative Assembly to declare “La Patrie en danger”. The government is now given emergency powers.

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Early military defeats and the threat of a Prussian invasion lead the Legislative Assembly to declare “La Patrie en danger”. The government is now given emergency powers.

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The Duke of Brunswick, commander of a joint Austrian-Prussian military force, issues the Brunswick Manifesto, threatening Paris with destruction if the king is harmed.

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The Duke of Brunswick, commander of a joint Austrian-Prussian military force, issues the Brunswick Manifesto, threatening Paris with destruction if the king is harmed.

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The September Massacres in Paris result in around 1,200 deaths. The vast majority killed are imprisoned royalists and clergymen.

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The September Massacres in Paris result in around 1,200 deaths. The vast majority killed are imprisoned royalists and clergymen.

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The National Convention votes unanimously to abolish the monarchy and declares Year I of the Republic.

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The National Convention votes unanimously to abolish the monarchy and declares Year I of the Republic.

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The first Revolutionary Tribunal is created.

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The first Revolutionary Tribunal is created.

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The National Convention decrees the levee en masse.

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The National Convention decrees the levee en masse.

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The beginning of uprisings in the Vendee in western France. The Vendee rebels are angered by conscription, attacks on the clergy and the execution of the king.

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The beginning of uprisings in the Vendee in western France. The Vendee rebels are angered by conscription, attacks on the clergy and the execution of the king.

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Jean-Paul Marat is stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday, a Girondin supporter, while he was bathing.

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Jean-Paul Marat is stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday, a Girondin supporter, while he was bathing.

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The National Convention, under pressure from the sans culottes and Paris sections, passes the first Maximum Price Law, fixing the price of grain.

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The National Convention, under pressure from the sans culottes and Paris sections, passes the first Maximum Price Law, fixing the price of grain.

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The National Convention passes the Law of Suspects, broadening the definition of suspects.

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The National Convention passes the Law of Suspects, broadening the definition of suspects.

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The National Convention passes the Law of 14 Frimaire, further increasing the power of the Committee of Public Safety.

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The National Convention passes the Law of 14 Frimaire, further increasing the power of the Committee of Public Safety.

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The Committee of Public Safety, a 12-man emergency committee with wide-ranging powers, is established by the National Convention.

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The Committee of Public Safety, a 12-man emergency committee with wide-ranging powers, is established by the National Convention.

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The National Convention passes the Law of the 22 Prairial, increasing the power of tribunals, removing the rights of defendants and declaring all penalties to be punishable by death.

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The National Convention passes the Law of the 22 Prairial, increasing the power of tribunals, removing the rights of defendants and declaring all penalties to be punishable by death.

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Robespierre delivers a speech to the National Convention, outlining his proposal for the Cult of the Supreme Being. The Convention endorses his proposal.

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Robespierre delivers a speech to the National Convention, outlining his proposal for the Cult of the Supreme Being. The Convention endorses his proposal.

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Robespierre is elected president of the National Convention.

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Robespierre is elected president of the National Convention.

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The Committee of Public Safety is stripped of its executive powers.

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The Committee of Public Safety is stripped of its executive powers.

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The execution of Danton, Desmoulins and their supporters, following a show trial.

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The execution of Danton, Desmoulins and their supporters, following a show trial.

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Constitution of 1795 is passed, outlining a new system of government that includes a five-man executive (the Directory) and a bicameral assembly (the Council of Elders and the Council of Five Hundred).

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Constitution of 1795 is passed, outlining a new system of government that includes a five-man executive (the Directory) and a bicameral assembly (the Council of Elders and the Council of Five Hundred).

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Robespierre’s opponents orchestrate his deposition and arrest. Robespierre, Saint-Just, Couthon and others are executed without trial the following day.

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Robespierre’s opponents orchestrate his deposition and arrest. Robespierre, Saint-Just, Couthon and others are executed without trial the following day.

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Robespierre addresses the National Convention and launches an attack on his opponents. He also has several of them expelled from the Jacobin club.

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Robespierre addresses the National Convention and launches an attack on his opponents. He also has several of them expelled from the Jacobin club.

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The commencement of the White Terror, a campaign of purges and persecution of Jacobins.

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The commencement of the White Terror, a campaign of purges and persecution of Jacobins.