Chronology
1789
May 4
Inauguration of the Estates General in Versailles
June 17
Birth of the National Assembly in Versailles
June 30
The soldiers who were imprisoned for having refused to charge the crowd are freed by Parisians and put under protection in the Palais-Royal
Camille Desmoulins and the Orators of the Palais-RoyalJuly 12
Upon the announcement of Necker’s dismissal, a popular minister, the Parisian insurrection becomes widespread
The Duke of Lambesc’s Mad Charge, July 12, 1789July 14
Storming of the Bastille and assassination of Flesselles, the Provost of the Merchants
July 15
Bailly becomes the Mayor of Paris, La Fayette becomes Commander of the Parisian National Guard
At the Louvre, in the Home of Bailly, the First Mayor of ParisJuly 17
Arriving from Versailles, the king is triumphantly welcomed at the Hôtel de Ville
The Hôtel de Ville, Headquarters of the Parisian RevolutionAugust 4
Abolition of special preferences for the royal family
August 26
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Male Citizens
October 5-6
Women’s March to Versailles and the forced return of the king to the Tuileries in Paris
November 9
the National Assembly moves into the Riding Academy in the Tuileries
The Assembly in Paris1790
July 14
Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation) on the Champ-de-Mars
The Festival of the Federation1791
March 2
The trade corporations are abolished
June 14
Workers’ unions and strikes are banned
June 20-25
The king and his family attempt to flee the country, but are arrested in Varennes and then forcefully brought back to Paris
1792
April 20
France declares war on the King of Hungary and Bohemia
June 8
A camp of “federates” is formed in order to protect Paris
June 20
Insurrection, the Tuileries castle is invaded for the first time
July 25
The Duke of Brunswick threatens to destroy Paris if Louis XVI’s powers are not fully reinstated
August 10
A new insurrection and the storming of the Tuileries, fall of the monarchy, an insurrectionary commune replaces the legal Commune
September 2-5
Prisoners known to be counter-revolutionaries are massacred in Paris
Massacre at the MonasterySeptember 22
France becomes a Republic
1793
March 10
Creation of the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris on the Ile de la Cité
The Palais de la Cité and the ConciergerieMarch 21
Creation of the Committee of Surveillance in the Paris sections
Before Arrondissements: the Paris SectionsApril 6
Creation of the Committee of Public Safety, which holds its meetings in the Tuileries castle
The Committee of Public Safety (Pavillon de Flore)July 13
The journalist and deputy Marat is assassinated in his own home in Paris
Marat’s AssassinationAugust 10
A large Celebration of Union is held in Paris to commemorate the new democratic and social constitution
September 17
Law designating certain citizens as “anti-revolutionary”
September 29
Prices and wages are restricted in accordance with the demands of the sans-culottes
The Assembly in ParisOctober 10
The government is decreed revolutionary until there is peace; the State of Emergency becomes permanent
October 30
Women clubs are banned
1794
February 4
The National Convention abolishes slavery in some of the West Indian colonies
The Assembly in ParisJune 10
“The Great Terror” laws are enacted; the crackdown increases
July 28
Execution of Robespierre and his entourage
The Committee of Public Safety (Pavillon de Flore)August 31
Explosion of the Grenelle gunpowder factory
The Explosion of the Grenelle Gunpowder Factory1795
February 21
Law declaring religious freedom; separation of Church and State
The Revolution and Religious FaithApril 1- May 20
The radical sans-culottes who demand the advent of a democratic and social are suppressed
June 8
Death of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette’s son in the Temple prison, heir to the throne
Temple or the Last PrisonOctober 5
Royalist demonstrators and sans-culottes are violently repressed in Paris, specifically by General Bonaparte
How Can a Person Earn their Stripes by Shooting Innocent People?October 26
The Directory’s new constitution enters into effect; the Republic becomes conservative
How Can a Person Earn their Stripes by Shooting Innocent People?1796
May 10
Arrest of “the Equals,” radical Republicans who were preparing a coup d’état
Sainte-Pélagie, a Prison during the RevolutionSeptember 9-10
Uprising attempt by radical Republicans in the Grenelle military camp
1797
September 4-5 (18 Fructidor year V)
Coup d’état and harsh laws against the royalist movement
1798
May 11 (22 Floréal year VI)
Coup d’état against the Jacobin movement
1799
Summer
The last of the sister republics in Europe finally collapse
Revolutionaries from All Countries…November 9 and 10
General Bonaparte carries out a coup d’état and then establishes a more authoritarian republic
