French Revolution Timeline Flashcards
Seven Years War
1756-1763
Louis XVI accession to throne
1774
France entered American War of Independence
1778
Economic Crisis
1781-1787
Declaration of Bankruptcy
1788
Meeting of Estates-General
5th May 1789
Proclamation of National Assembly
17th June 1789
Tennis Court Oath
20th June 1789
Three estates ordered to separate
23rd June 1789
Union of three estates
27th June 1789
Formation of citizens’ militia
10th July 1789
Necker dismissed
11th July 1789
Storming of Bastille
14th July 1789
Great Fear
20th July 1789
August Decrees passed
4th August 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
26th August 1789
October Days
5th-6th October 1789
Nationalisation of Church land
2nd November 1789
Creation of Paris Sections
21st May 1790
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
12th July 1790
Reorganisation of judiciary
16th August 1790
Dissolution of Guilds
2nd March 1791
Le Chapelier Law
14th June 1791
Flight to Varennes
20th June 1791
Champ de Mars massacre
17th July 1791
Louis XVI accepted new constitution
14th September 1791
Decree against émigrés
9th November 1791
Louis vetoed Decree against émigrés
12th November 1791
Guillotine adopted for all public executions
March 1792
Decree against Refractory Priests
27th May 1792
Final abolition of Feudalism in France
17th July 1793
Declaration of Pillnitz
27th August 1791
War declared on Austria
20th April 1792
Prussia declared war on France
13th June 1792
Overthrow of Monarchy
10th August 1792
Invasion of N. France by Prussians
19th August 1792
Capture of Longwy
20th August 1792
September Massacres
2nd-6th September 1792
Proclamation of Republic
22nd September 1792
Battle of Jemappes
6th November 1792
Decree of Fraternity
19th November 1792