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1778

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France enters American War of Independence and the death of Rousseau and Voltaire.

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1774

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Louis becomes king after the death of his father and grandfather.

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1781

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Necker resigned as Controller General.

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1783

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Peace of Paris - Calonne becomes first minister.

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1787

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Assembly of Notables.

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1788

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8th August - Estates General convoked for 1789.
16th August - payments suspended from treasury.
October-December - second Assembly of Notables
27th December - doubling of Third Estate

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February to June 1789

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Elections to Estates General and in February Sieyès published ‘What is the Third Estate?’

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May 1789

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5th May - Estates General convene.
17th May - National Assembly proclaims national sovereignty.
20th May - Tennis Court Oath.
27t May - orders finally unite.

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July 1789

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14th July - Bastille falls.

July - ‘Great Fear’ in countryside.

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August 1789

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4th August - abolition of feudalism, Privileges and venality.
26th August - Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen and the August Decrees.

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5-6th October 1789

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‘October Days’ = women march to Versailles so Louis and Assembly move to Paris.

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2nd November 1789

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Church property nationalised.

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12th December 1789

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Assignation introduced.

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13th February 1790

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Monastic vows forbidden.

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22nd May 1790

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Foreign conquests renounced.

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19th June 1790

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Nobility abolished.

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12th July 1790

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Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

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16th August 1790

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Parlements abolished.

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November 1790

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27th - Oath of the Clergy.

November 1790 - Burke, ‘Reflections on the Revolution in France’.

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2nd March 1791

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Guilds dissolved

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13th April 1791

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Pope condemns Civil Constitution

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20
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14th May 1791

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Le Chapelier Law bans trade unions

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20-21st June 1791

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Flight to Varennes

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21
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16th July 1791

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Louis XVI reinstated

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17th July 1791

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Champ de Mars massacre

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14th August 1791

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Slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue

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27th August 1791

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Declaration of Pilnitz recommended Louis’ full restoration.

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September 1791

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Louis listens to Marie Antoinette’s advice regarding foreign intervention.
14th September - Louis accepts constitution.

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14th September 1791

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Louis XVI accepts the Constitution

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30th September 1791

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Constituent Assembly dissolved

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26
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1st October 1791

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Legislative Assembly convenes

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19th December 1791

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Louis XVI vetoes decrees against émigrés and non-juring priests

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March 1792

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Louis forced to dismiss the moderate Feuillant Ministry to appease enemies and accusations against the ‘Austrian Commitee’.

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20th April 1792

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France declares war

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April 1792

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War going badly - Marie Antoinette and Louis blamed. Army retreat to Lille and murdered own commander.

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May 1792

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France invaded and army leaders recommend peace.

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13th June 1792

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Prussia declares war and allies to Austria.

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18th June 1792

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Lafayette accuses the Jacobins of being a ‘state within a state’.

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12-19th June 1792

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Roland and the Girondin Ministers dismissed after Louis vetoed the deportation of refractory priests, federes camp and disbanding the Kings Guard.

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20th June 1792

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Tuileries - Louis drinks to the health of the nation wearing the Bonet Rouge (Red Cap of Liberty) and holds his nerve and the decisions made. Sans culottes invade royal palace.

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Late June and July 1792

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Louis refuses the help of the Girondin group, who had become threatened by the power of the mob.

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11th July 1792

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La patrie en danger - every Frenchman must fight! The sections in permanent sessions and pressure for UMS.

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29th July 1792

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Robespierre calls for the overthrow of the monarchy, UMS, a new Convention and a purge - ‘Republic’ is on the lips of many sans culottes.

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1st August 1792

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The Brunswick Manifesto calls for the restoration of the monarchy.

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3rd August 1792

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47 out of 48 Sections call for Republic.

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9th August 1792

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Sans culottes take over the Hotel de Ville and set up the ‘Commune’.

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10th August 1792

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Attack on the Tuileries - King hides in Legislative Assembly and the Swiss guards are massacred. The King is now imprisoned in the temple and the Constitution is overthrown.

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17th August 1792

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Lafayette defects.

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23rd August 1792

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Longwy surrender to the Austrians.

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Until 20th September 1792

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Monarchy in France is dissolved and becomes a republic. The Legislative Assembly follows the direction of the Commune and introduces several radical measures - deporting refractory, no compensation, arms search and state over church.

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21st September 1792

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Convention meets

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22nd September 1792

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Republic proclaimed

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19th November 1792

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Fraternity and help offered to all peoples ‘seeking to recover their liberty’

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3rd and 26th December 1792

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Trial of Louis XVI

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16th January 1793

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Louis condemned to death

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21st January 1793

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King executed

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1st February 1793

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War against British and Dutch

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11th March 1793

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Vendée rebellion begins

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19th March 1793

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Defeat in Belgium at Neerwinden

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6th April 1793

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Committee of Public Safety created

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31st May - 2nd June 1793

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Purge of Girondins

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June 1793

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Spread of ‘Federalist Revolt’

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13th July 1793

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Marat assassinated by Charlotte Cordail

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27th July 1793

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Robespierre joined CPS

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23rd August 1793

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Levée en masse decree

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27th August 1793

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Toulon surrenders to the British

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5th September 1793

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Sans culottes force Convention to declare terror the order of the day

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29th September 1793

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General maximum on prices

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October - December 1793

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Dechristianisation campaign

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5th October 1793

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Revolutionary calendar introduced

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9th October 1793

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Fall of Lyon to Convention’s forces

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16th October 1793

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Marie Antoinette executed

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31st October 1793

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Girondins executed

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19th December 1793

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Fall of Toulon

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23rd December 1793

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Vendéans defeated at Savenay

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4th February 1794

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Abolition of slavey

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24th March 1794

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Execution of Hérbertists

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5th April 1794

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Execution of Dantonists

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8th June 1794

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Festival of the Supreme Being

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10th June 1794

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Law of 22 Prairial inaugurates ‘Great Terror’ in Paris

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27-28th July (9-10th Thermidor) 1794

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Fall of Robespierre = end of Terror

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August - December 1794

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‘Thermidorean Reaction’

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18th September 1794

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Republic renounces all religious affiliations

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12th November 1794

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Jacobin Club closed

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24th December 1794

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Invasion of Dutch Republic

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