1. Major Events of the French Revolution

2. 1789 June 29 – Tennis Court Oath July 14 – Storming of the Bastille
Aug. 27 – Declaration of the Rights of Man
Oct 5-6 – King Louis forcibly brought to Paris

3. 1791 June 20 – King Louis XVI tries to flee France, captured.
Aug. 27 – Austria and Prussia support Louis XVI with the Declaration of Pillnitz.
Sept. – The National Assembly issues the French Constitution, elections held.

4. 1792 April 20 – France declares war on Austria and Prussia.
Aug. 10 – Paris mob storms the royal palace. Demand the King be put on trial.
Sept. 20 – The French army stops Prussian and Austrian invasion.
Sept 21 – Monarchy is abolished, France now a republic.

5. 1793 Jan. 21 – King Louis XVI executed.
March – Reign of Terror begins.
Aug. 23 – Military draft instituted in France
Fall – The de-Christianization of France begins.

6.
July – “Thermidor” Robespierre executed and the Reign of Terror ends.
Feb – Churches reopened.
Aug – New Constitution adopted and the Directory is formed.
Oct –” Whiff of Grapeshot” saves the Directory from a royalist mob.

7.
Sept – Coup d’etat removes royalists from the Directory
Oct – France defeats the Austrians in Italy, makes peace.
1798 – Napoleon makes gains in Switzerland and Italy, defeated in Egypt.
Spring 1799 – Coalition of Austria, Russia, Turkey, and GB drive the French Army back.

8. 1799 Nov. 9 – Napoleon’s coup d’etat
He abolishes the Directory and forms the Consulate.
Names himself First Consul of France
Now begins the Age of Napoleon that we will look at tomorrow.