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1789 17 JUNE : The third estate declares that it is now the National Assembly. 14 JULY: The Fall of the Bastille. 17 JULY: The first wave of nobles emigrates. 26 AUGUST: The Assembly adoptes The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. 16 SEPTEMBER: The first edition of Marat's journal "The Friend of the People" is published. 19 OCTOBER: The National Assembly is installed in Paris, and the precursor of the Jacobin Club is formed. 1790 27 APRIL: The Cordeliers club is formed. 21 SEPTEMBER: The Tricolor is declared the national flag. 27 NOVEMBER: The Civil Consitiution of the Clergy goes into effect. 1791 20 JUNE: The royal family attempts to flee France and is apprehended at Varennes. 3 SEPTEMBER: The National Assembly votes on a constitution. Ten days later it is ratified by the King. 1 OCTOBER: The Legislative Assembly is formed. 1792 15 MARCH: The Girondins are in power. 20 APRIL: France declares war on Austria and Prussia. 11 JUNE: The King vetos several of the Legislative Assembly's key decrees. 10 AUGUST: The people invade the Tuileries palace and take the King and his family hostage. 21 SEPTEMBER: The Legislative Assembly becomes the Convention and the Monarchy is abolished. 22 SEPTEMBER: The Republic of France is declared 11 DECEMBER: The trial of Louis XVI begins. 1793 21 JANUARY: Execuation of Louis XVI. 1 FEBRUARY: France declares war on England and The Netherlands. 10 MARCH: The Criminal Tribunal is created. 6 APRIL: The Committee of Public Safety is created. 2 JUNE: The Fall of the Girondins 13 JULY: The assasination of Marat by Charlotte Corday. 27 JULY: Robespierre sits on the Committee of Public Safety. 23 AUGUST: The Convention decrees a levee en masse which makes military service obligatory for all French men. 5 SEPTEMBER: The TERROR begins. 10 OCTOBER: The Committee declares that the government of France is "revoluationary" (not constiutional) until the end of the war. 16 OCTOBER: The execution of Marie Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI. OCTOBER-DECEMBER: France is victorious in its war against most of Western Europe. 1794 30 MARCH: Danton and Desmoulins are arrested. They are guillotined 6 days later. 4 JUNE: Ropespierre is elected President of the Convention. JUNE-JULY: The Terror persists and France continues to be victorious in war. 12 NOVEMBER: The Convention closes all Jacobin clubs in Paris. 1795 1 APRIL: Insurrection by the Sans-Culottes is dispersed by the National Gaurd. 20 MAY: The Sans-Culottes riot for three days. 8 JUNE: The heir to the throne, Louis XVII, dies in prison. JULY-AUGUST: France has continued military success. 22 AUGUST: France adopts a new constiution. 26 OCTOBER: The Directory becomes the governing body of France. 1796 MARCH-MAY: Napoleon Bonaparte has success in his military campaigns throughout Europe. 15-17 NOVEMBER: Napoleon beats the Austrians in battle. 1797 4 SEPTEMBER: The Royalists win many seats in the Directory in the elections. 1798 11 MAY: The Jacobins are victorious in France's elections. MAY-AUGUST: Napoleon has military success in Egypt. 29 DECEMBER: England, Russia, and Italy sign a pact against France. 1799 9 OCTOBER: Napoleon returns to France, leaving his armies in Eygpt. 9-10 NOVEMBER: Napoleon takes over the Directory. This is the end of THE REVOLUTION.
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