All Dates Flashcards
May 1774
Louis XVI King of France
1775 (war)
American Civil War began
March 1776
Turgots six edicts registered by lit de justice
May 1776
Turbot forced to resign
1777
Necker appointed as Director general, of finances
1781 (book)
Compte rendu published by necker
1781
Necker resigns
1783
Calonne becomes controller general
September 1783
Treaty of Paris
Over 3.3 billion litres in debt
1786
Calonne develops reforms
Feb-March 1787
Assembly of notables
April 1787
Calonne dismissed Brienne appointed
July 1787
Louis clash with Paris parlment rolling petition for estates general
August 1787
Paris parlement banished to Troyes
September 1787
Parlement returned
November 1787
Louis promised estates general by 1792
1788
French deficit of 126 million litres
May 1788
Fundamental laws of the kingdom issued
May 1788
May edicts issued
May-august 1788
Revolt of the nobles
June 1788
Day of tiles
16th August 1788
France declared bankrupt
August 1788
Estates general meeting brought forward to May 1789
January 1789
Publication of ‘what is the third estate’ Abbé Sieyes
March-April 1789
Elections to the estates general
April 1789
Reveillon riots
5th may 1789
Opening of the estates general
17th June 1789
National Assembly
20th June 1789
Tennis court oath
23rd June 1789
Royal session (seance royale)
14th July 1789
Storming of the bastille