Chronology test 1 Flashcards
19th Feb 1781
Gontroller General Necker’s (1776-1781) Compte Rendu22
20 Aug 1786
Controller General Calonne (1783-1787) Audit of finances and proposal of a land tax
22 Feb 1787
Assembly of Notables begins
April 1787
Calonne Dismissed. New Controller General, Brienne ( 1787- Aug 1788) appointed
Aug 1787
Paris Parlement exiled
Aug 1788
Decision for estates General to meet in May 1789
Sept 1788
Powers of Paris Parlement restored
end 1788
Cahier de doleances written throughout France
Jan 1789
Publication of Abbe Sieyes “ What is the Third Estate”
5 May 1789
Beginning of Estates General
17 June 1789
National Assembly proclaimed
20 June 1789
Tennis Court Oath
23 June 1789
royal session
27 June 1789
Louis’ Backflips and allows all order to reunite under leadership of Third Estate
14 July 1789
The Bastille falls