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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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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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16th July 1791

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Louis XVI reinstated

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17th July 1791
Champ de Mars massacre
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14th August 1791
Slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue
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27th August 1791
Declaration of Pilnitz recommended Louis' full restoration.
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September 1791
Louis listens to Marie Antoinette's advice regarding foreign intervention. 14th September - Louis accepts constitution.
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14th September 1791
Louis XVI accepts the Constitution
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30th September 1791
Constituent Assembly dissolved
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1st October 1791
Legislative Assembly convenes
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19th December 1791
Louis XVI vetoes decrees against émigrés and non-juring priests
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March 1792
Louis forced to dismiss the moderate Feuillant Ministry to appease enemies and accusations against the 'Austrian Commitee'.
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20th April 1792
France declares war
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April 1792
War going badly - Marie Antoinette and Louis blamed. Army retreat to Lille and murdered own commander.
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May 1792
France invaded and army leaders recommend peace.
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13th June 1792
Prussia declares war and allies to Austria.
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18th June 1792
Lafayette accuses the Jacobins of being a 'state within a state'.
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12-19th June 1792
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
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
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
La patrie en danger - every Frenchman must fight! The sections in permanent sessions and pressure for UMS.
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29th July 1792
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
The Brunswick Manifesto calls for the restoration of the monarchy.
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3rd August 1792
47 out of 48 Sections call for Republic.
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9th August 1792
Sans culottes take over the Hotel de Ville and set up the 'Commune'.
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10th August 1792
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
Lafayette defects.
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23rd August 1792
Longwy surrender to the Austrians.
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Until 20th September 1792
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
Convention meets
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22nd September 1792
Republic proclaimed
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19th November 1792
Fraternity and help offered to all peoples 'seeking to recover their liberty'
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3rd and 26th December 1792
Trial of Louis XVI
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16th January 1793
Louis condemned to death
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21st January 1793
King executed
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1st February 1793
War against British and Dutch
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11th March 1793
Vendée rebellion begins
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19th March 1793
Defeat in Belgium at Neerwinden
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6th April 1793
Committee of Public Safety created
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31st May - 2nd June 1793
Purge of Girondins
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June 1793
Spread of 'Federalist Revolt'
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13th July 1793
Marat assassinated by Charlotte Cordail
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27th July 1793
Robespierre joined CPS
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23rd August 1793
Levée en masse decree
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27th August 1793
Toulon surrenders to the British
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5th September 1793
Sans culottes force Convention to declare terror the order of the day
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29th September 1793
General maximum on prices
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October - December 1793
Dechristianisation campaign
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5th October 1793
Revolutionary calendar introduced
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9th October 1793
Fall of Lyon to Convention's forces
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16th October 1793
Marie Antoinette executed
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31st October 1793
Girondins executed
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19th December 1793
Fall of Toulon
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23rd December 1793
Vendéans defeated at Savenay
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4th February 1794
Abolition of slavey
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24th March 1794
Execution of Hérbertists
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5th April 1794
Execution of Dantonists
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8th June 1794
Festival of the Supreme Being
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10th June 1794
Law of 22 Prairial inaugurates 'Great Terror' in Paris
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27-28th July (9-10th Thermidor) 1794
Fall of Robespierre = end of Terror
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August - December 1794
'Thermidorean Reaction'
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18th September 1794
Republic renounces all religious affiliations
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12th November 1794
Jacobin Club closed
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24th December 1794
Invasion of Dutch Republic

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