French Timeline

The Bread Riots

November 27, 1788

The price of bread was being raised, again, A lot of bakers felt obliged to close down their shops and the poor people were getting more and more distressed as to what was going on. This lead up the French Revolution because people were starving and France was becoming very dangerous.

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The Storming of the Bastille

July 14, 1789

This takes place on the Eve of the Revolution. After a battle with some royal troops, the Parisians storm the Bastille which is the fortress of France.Paris seized the spotlight form the National Assembly. The Commander of the Bastille refused to open the gates and fired on crowd. Lot of people got enraged and broke through the gates and they killed the commander and a bunch more people.

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Moderate Reforms

August 4th, 1789

The National Assembly sprung into action, the nobles in the National Assembly and voted to end their privileges and agreed to give up certain rights. In the image, the national assembly is meeting together to discuss their rights

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The rise of the Political Clubs

1787

Parties began to form during the struggle of ratification of the federal constitution of 1787. This happened in 1789. The clubs became a source of ideas and a vehicle of influencing the government. In the image the political clubs are meeting together.

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The Unsuccessful flight of the royal family

June 21, 1791

The royal family attempted to leave Paris to initiate a counter revolution. In the photo the family is getting caught in the act of fleeing..

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War and Overthrowing of the Monarchy

June 20, 1792

The king is forced to wear a Phrygian Cap and toast to the nation. The king is drinking a toast to the nation in the image.

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Monarchy abolished in France

September 21, 1792

The legislative assembly votes to have the Monarchy abolished. In the image, the legislative assembly decides to abolish the monarchy in France.

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The Trial and Execution of King Louis XVI

January 21 1793

KIng Louis XVI was tried for counts of counter revolution and abdicating his responsibilities. He was executed on January 21 1793.

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France at War Against Europe

1792 and 1799

French Revolutionary wars, title given to the hostilities between France and one or more European powers between 1792 and 1799. It thus comprises the first seven years of the period of warfare that was continued through the Napoleonic Wars until Napoleon’s abdication in 1814, with a year of interruption under the peace of Amiens (1802–03). In the image we see france at war with some European Country.

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The Reign of terror begins

September 5, 1793

The reign of terror begins is “a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety”. An estimated 18,000- to 40,000 people were killed during it.

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The Execution of Marie Antoinette

October 1793

Marie Antoinette was found guilty of treason and she was publicly executed.

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Arrest and Execution of Robespierre

July 26, 1794

Robespierre was the leader of France’s Reign of Terror, He encouraged the execution by guillotine and when he was executed there was a cheering mob and he was too executed by guillotine.

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A new Constitution

Aug. 22 - Sept. 23 1795

The national convention of Girondins who had survived the Reign of Terror approved a new constitution that created France’s first bicameral legislature.

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A failed Uprising in Paris

May 20 1795

The insurrection of 1 Prairial Year III was a popular revolt in Paris on 20 May 1795 against the policies of the Thermidorian Convention. It was the last and one of the most remarkable and stubborn popular revolts of the French Revolution.

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The Return of Bonaparte

October 9, 1799

Napoleon takes control of France in 1799, This marks the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleon’s Dictatorship.

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