Dates Flashcards
Louis becomes king
1774
Declaration of war on England in support of the American war of independence
1778
Assembly of notables called, parlement refuses Calonnes land tax
1787
France declared bankrupt
August 1788
Opening of Estates General
5th May 1789
Third estate becomes ‘National Assembly’
17 June 1789
Tennis court oath
20 June 1789
Storming of Bastille
14th July 1789
Great fear, August decrees on feudalism, declaration of the rights of man
Late July-early August 1789
Women’s march to Versailles
October 1789
Church property siezed
November 1789
The civil constitution of the clergy
Oath to the civil constitution of the clergy
1790 July
1790 November
Flight to varennes
20 June 1791
Louis suspended from office
July 1791
Petition and massacre on Champ de Mars
16-17 July 1791
Declaration of pillnitz
August 1791
Constitution of 1791
September 1791
Legislative assembly meets
1791 1 Oct
Decrees against emigres and refractory priests
November 1791
Declaration of war on Austria
April 1792
Dismissal of Girondin ministers
June 1792
Sans-culottes first journee to Tuileries
20 June 1792
Brunswick manifesto
July 1792
Same-culottes second journee to Tuileries
10 august 1792
Louis suspended again
10 Aug 1792
September massacres in prisons
1792
Meeting of national convention
20 September 1792
Monarchy abolished, France a republic
21/2 of September 1792
