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Monarchs
Louis XIV
1643 - 1715
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Louis XIV moves into Versailles
1680
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Louis XV
1715 - 1774
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Louis XVI
1774 - 1793
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European Events
England's Glorious Revolution
1688
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William & Mary replace James II and establish a constituional monarchy
Bad Harvest
1788
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Battles
Brawl at Tuileries Palace
February 28, 1791
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The September Massacres
September 1, 1792 - September 30, 1792
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Prisoners accused of treason and other crimes taken out of jail, put on public trial, and executed
Fall of Verdun
September 2, 1792
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Prussians make major victories -> SPURS September Massacres
Battle of Valmy
September 20, 1792
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Victory over Austrians/Prussians and stops them on their way to Paris
Battle of Jemappes
November 6, 1792
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Political Events
Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes
October 1685
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The edict gave rights and tolerance towards Calvinist Protestants
Calas Trial
1762
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Merchant Jean Calas is wrongfully executed for murder due to being Protestant
Monarchy's fiscal crisis begins
1780
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Calonne's reform proposals
1786
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Proposes tax on land for everyone; Abolish internal tariffs
Assembly of Notables
1787
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Discuss fiscal reforms -> Expect king to endorse reforms -> Doesn't -> Demand Estates General assembled -> Assembly dismissed
Parlement sent home
August 1788
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Parlement returns to Paris
September 1788
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Third Estate doubled
December 27, 1788
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Grain Riots
March 1789
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The Great Fear
March 1789 - August 1789
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Estates General at Versailles
May 5, 1789
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Sieyes suggests 3rd Estate meet independently
May 10, 1789
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Louis locks 3rd Estate out of their meeting hall
June 3, 1789
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Tennis Court Oath
June 20, 1789
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Louis insists 3 Estates remain separate; militias form
June 23, 1789
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Storm of the Bastille
July 14, 1789
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Third Estate takes over, declares their militia the National Guard; Constituent Assembly replaces National Assembly to write a constitution
Abolition of Privilege
August 4, 1789
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End of feudal dues, seigneurial rights, tax privileges
The October Days
October 5, 1789 - October 6, 1789
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Lafayette leading National Guard; King calls his Flanders regiment to protect him; the Poissardes march on Versailles and Lafayette follows behind with his men
Church lands sold
May 1790 - August 1792
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Church views this as sacrilegious
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
July 12, 1790
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Asserts church as part of the constitutional structure and priests as employees of the state; Refractory priests make up 45%
Louis takes oath to Constitution at Champs de Mars
July 14, 1790
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Crowds prevent Louis going to Easter festivities
April 18, 1791
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KING'S FLIGHT TO VARENNES
June 20, 1791 - June 25, 1791
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Louis XVI Reinstated
July 16, 1791
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Massacre at Le Champ de Mars
July 17, 1791
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Louis adopts the Constitution
September 14, 1791
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Louis declares WAR ON AUSTRIA
April 20, 1792
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Brunswick Manifesto
August 1, 1792
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Duke of Brunswick threatens to attack France if they don't stop and reinstate the monarchy
King taken into custody
August 10, 1792
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Monarchy is overthrown; new elections; Legislative Assembly -> Convention
The Convention
September 1792
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First Republic Declared
September 21, 1792
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Louis convicted guilty
January 15, 1793
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LOUIS EXECUTED
January 21, 1793
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Cultural Events
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
August 26, 1789
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Pope declares the Civil Constitution blasphemous
May 1791
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