Timeline

Question 1

Idea of Estates and an Absolute Monarch

Answer 1

ANCIEN REGIME

Question 2

Start of the seven years’ war

Answer 2

1756

Question 3

End of the seven years’ war

Answer 3

1763

Question 4

Louis XV Dies

Answer 4

May 10, 1774

Question 5

Anna Robert Turgot becomes finance minister.

Answer 5

Aug 24, 1774

Question 6

‘Flour War’ bread riots spread from Dijon.

Answer 6

Aug-Sep, 1774

Question 7

Turgot Six Edicts

Answer 7

Jan 1776

Question 8

American War of Revolution Begins

Answer 8

19 Apr, 1775

Question 9

Louis XVI Officially Crowned

Answer 9

June 11, 1775

Question 10

Turgot is dismissed

Answer 10

11 May, 1775

Question 11

Necker Appointed Director of Royal Treasury

Answer 11

Oct 22, 1776

Question 12

500 million Livres in loans raised.

Answer 12

1777-1781

Question 13

Marquis de Lafayette goes to America to fight in the War

Answer 13

1777, July

Question 14

France offers aid to Rebels in America

Answer 14

1778

Question 15

France formally declares war on Britain

Answer 15

Jul, 1778

Question 16

James Necker releases the Compte Rendufirst week. The Compte Rendu stated there was a 10million livre surplus. This was not including the deficit caused by the American war of Independence.

Answer 16

19 Feb, 1781

Question 17

James Necker Resigns

Answer 17

May 19, 1781

Question 18

Joly de Fleury new Minister of Finance

Answer 18

25 May 1781

Question 19

Treaty of Versailles is signed between France and Britain.

Answer 19

3 Sep, 1783

Question 20

After the lies that were published in the Compte Rendu, Calonne had the hard task of informing the King of the true state of the finances. Calonne suggested calling an Assembly of Notables (which hadn’t been called since 1626) in order to endorse the reforms that were necessary to save the French economy.

Answer 20

3 Nov, 1783

Question 21

Calonne announces the Assembly of Notables to meet for first time since 1626.

Answer 21

Feb, 1786

Question 22

Calonne Proposes reform of the Taxation System & End of Tax Exemptions to improve Frances Finances

Answer 22

20 Aug, 1786

Question 23

Assembly of Notables convened to approve tax proposalCalonne was hated and his reforms were not trusted. In what was called the ‘Aristocratic revolt’, the nobles refused the reforms and so were the first group to stand up to the king.

Answer 23

22 Feb, 1787

Question 24

Calonne is dismissed

Answer 24

8 Apr,1787

Question 25

Lomenie de Brienne takes over from Calonne

Answer 25

30 Apr, 1787

Question 26

Assembley of Notables is Dissolved

Answer 26

25 May, 1787

Question 27

Louis XVI apllies for a lit de justice against the parliament.

Answer 27

6 Aug, 1787

Question 28

Parliament is excilled

Answer 28

15 Aug, 1787

Question 29

Louis XVI recalls the parliament

Answer 29

Sep, 1787

Question 30

Royal Session of Parliament is held

Answer 30

19 Nov, 1787

Question 31

The clergy paid a small don gratuit.

Answer 31

1788

Question 32

Parliament endorses new taxes

Answer 32

3 May, 1788

Question 33

King announces lit de justice, Parlement to lose power to the royal courts.

Answer 33

8 May, 1788

Question 34

Beginning of Aristocratic Revolt.

Answer 34

May-Jul, 1788

Question 35

Day of Tiles in Grenoble

Answer 35

7 Jun, 1788

Question 36

Severe storms affect harvest.

Answer 36

13 Jul, 1788

Question 37

King convokes Estates-General May 1789

Answer 37

8 Aug, 1788

Question 38

Crown is Bankrupt

Answer 38

16 Aug, 1788

Question 39

Brienne Resigns

Answer 39

24 Aug, 1788

Question 40

Necker is Recalled. Has the Confidence of the People

Answer 40

25 Aug, 1788

Question 41

Parlement declares Estates-General as the same as 1616.

Answer 41

25 Sep, 1788

Question 42

Assembly of Notables reconvene.

Answer 42

Oct-Nov, 1788

Question 43

Formation of the Society of 30.

Answer 43

Nov, 1788

Question 44

King agrees to double Third Estate numbers in Estates-General

Answer 44

27 Dec, 1788

Question 45

Harsh Winters

Answer 45

Dec 1788 - Jan 1789

Question 46

Pamphlet Wars

Answer 46

Jan-Feb, 1789

Question 47

Publication of the Third Estate

Answer 47

Feb, 1789

Question 48

The Cahirs de Doleances

Answer 48

Early, 1789

Question 49

Reveillon Riots

Answer 49

26-29 Apr, 1789

Question 50

Estates-General Opening Ceremony

Answer 50

5 May, 1789

Question 51

Price of Bread

Answer 51

Mar-Jun, 1789

Question 52

First Estate joins with the third estate

Answer 52

10 Jun, 1789

Question 53

National Assembly is Declared by the Third Estate Members.

Answer 53

17 Jun, 1789

Question 54

Clergy vote to join the National Assembly

Answer 54

19 Jun, 1789

Question 55

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 55

20 Jun, 1789

Question 56

King Declares the national assembly unconstitutional

Answer 56

23 Jun, 1789

Question 57

Soldiers sent to stop national assembly

Answer 57

24 Jun, 1789

Question 58

Members of the Second Estate begin to join national assembly

Answer 58

25 Jun, 1789

Question 59

King's soldiers called to Paris

Answer 59

27 Jun, 1789

Question 60

Troops amas around paris

Answer 60

30 Jun, 1789

Question 61

Necker is dismissed.

Answer 61

11 Jul, 1789

Question 62

Formation of the Paris Commune.

Answer 62

13 Jul, 1789

Question 63

Storming of Bastille

Answer 63

14 Jul, 1789

Question 64

Lafayette becomes General of the National Guard

Answer 64

15 Jul, 1789

Question 65

King orders troops to leave Paris. Necker Recalled.

Answer 65

16 Jul, 1789

Question 66

Great Fear

Answer 66

Jul-Aug, 1789

Question 67

Night of the Patriotic Delirium

Answer 67

4 Aug, 1789

Question 68

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. (DORMAC)

Answer 68

26 Aug, 1789

Question 69

King is Granted Suspensive Veto

Answer 69

11 Sep, 1789

Question 70

King gives qualified acceptance of August Decrees and DORMAC.

Answer 70

19 Sep, 1789

Question 71

Women march to Versailles. King is moved to Paris. National Assembly follows.

Answer 71

5-6 Oct, 1789