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Dates
Question | Answer |
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23rd June 1789 | King rejects Resolutions of the tiers etat. |
9th July 1789 | National Assembly declares itself Constituent Assembly. |
12th July 1789 | Necker is dismissed. 50,000 citizens arm themselves with pikes and form National Guard. |
2nd March 1791 | Abolition of Royal guilds and monopolies. |
15th May 1791 | Black citizens of French colonies granted equal rights. |
20th April 1792 | France declares war on Austria, but French army flees at sight of the enemy. |
11th December 1792 | Trial of the king begins. |
14th October 1793 | Marie-Antoinette tried and executed. |
13th July 1793 | Marat, “the people’s friend,” murdered by Charlotte Corday. |
18th May 1794 | Robespierre decreed the new religion of the Supreme Being. |
27th July 1794 | (9th Thermidor) Convention calls for arrest of Robespierre. |
2nd February 1796 | Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy. |
18th June 1799 | Directorate resigns. |
2nd December 1804 | Napoleon consecrated as Emperor. |
26th October 1795 | The Convention dissolves itself in favour of a dictatorship of the Directorate |