July 1788 Calling together of the Estates General

17 June, 1789 Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly

14 July, 1789 Storming of the Bastille

Late July 1789 The Great Fear

August 4, 1789 Nobles surrender their special privileges

April 20, 1792 Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria

September 21-22, 1792 The monarchy is done away with

January 1793 Louis XVI is guillotined

June 1793 The Jacobins take power

July 28, 1794 Robespierre is guillotined

1799 Napoleon seizes power; Revolution ends

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