Third Estate
The revolutionary year saw the Tennis Court Oath, the Bastille uprising, the Declaration of Rights and the October march on Versailles.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
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Louis XVI Biography and Timeline — Page 3
Follow Louis XVI through 294 dated historical records for France.
Louis XVI, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1789
Third Estate
of the Citizen in August, and a march on Versailles.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Annulment of Assembly Decisions
Louis XVI declared decisions taken by the self-proclaimed National Assembly invalid during the royal session.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Order to Disperse Assembly
Louis XVI ordered the deputies to leave the hall after the royal session, but the National Assembly refused to disperse.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Royal Reform Concessions
Louis XVI offered reforms during the royal session while preserving important privileges and the traditional distinction between the three orders.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Royal Session
Louis XVI addressed the deputies in a royal session and attempted to restore separate deliberation by the three orders.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Defection
During the mobbing of the Archbishop of Paris the French Guard refuse their duties
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Defection
During the mobbing of the Archbishop of Paris the French Guard refuse their duties.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
During the mobbing of the Archbishop of Paris the French Guard refuse their duties
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Union of the Three Orders
Louis XVI ordered the remaining clergy and nobility to join the National Assembly, ending separate deliberation by the orders.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Defection
The French Guard addresses a crowd at the Palais Royal saying they will not attack
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Defection
The French Guard addresses a crowd at the Palais Royal saying they will not attack.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
The French Guard address a crowd at the Palais Royal saying they will not attack
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
The French Guard address a crowd at the Palais Royal saying they will not attack.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Constituent Assembly Transformation
Louis XVI faced an Assembly that formally declared itself constituent and began drafting a new political order for France.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Constitution of France
The National Assembly changes its name to the Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly is recognized by the King.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
National Assembly
The National Assembly changes its name to the Constituent Assembly.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Dismissal
Has Neckar dismissed in order to create a stronger Government under Baron de Breteuil
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Dismissal
Has Neckar dismissed in order to create a stronger Government under Baron de Breteuil.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
A massacre takes place by the Royal-Allemand cavalry on the Place Louis XV
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
A massacre takes place by the Royal-Allemand cavalry on the Place Louis XV.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Dismissal
Parisians react to the dismissal of Neckar by gathering at the Palais Royal
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Dismissal
Parisians react to the dismissal of Neckar by gathering at the Palais Royal.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
Louis XVI took place at St Lazre, the crowd steel quantities of grain, flour and wine.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
Takes place at St Lazre, the crowd steel quantities of grain, flour & wine
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Defection
5 out of the 6 battalions had deserted & were prominent in the attack on the Bastille
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Defection
5 out of the 6 battalions had deserted and were prominent in the attack on the Bastille.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
A "citizens militia" overuns the Invalides & takes 32,000 muskets to keep order
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Demonstrations
A "citizens militia" overuns the Invalides and takes 32,000 muskets to keep order.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Siege of Bastille
The fall of the Bastille is followed by a mass uproar spreading from Paris to the countryside, Noble families are attacked and aristocratic manors are burned to the ground. The Bastille surrenders to the "citizens militia"
Role range: 1792-1799 – 1774-1792
Siege of Invalides
A "citizens militia" overuns the Invalides & takes 32,000 muskets to keep order
Role range: 1792-1799 – 1774-1792
Royal Troop Withdrawal
Louis XVI announced the withdrawal of troops from the Paris region after the fall of the Bastille transformed the political situation.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Siege of Bastille
Forced to reinstate Neckar after the fall of the Bastille
Role range: 1792-1799 – 1774-1792
National Guard
The National Guard is commanded by Lafayette. Announces the creation of the National Guard formed from the "citizens militia"
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
National Guard
The National Guard is commanded by Lafayette. Announces the creation of the National Guard formed from the "citizens militia".
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Royal Visit to Paris
Louis XVI visited Paris after the fall of the Bastille and publicly accepted the authority of the new municipal leadership.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Tricolour Cockade
Appears at the Hotel de Ville wearing the Red & Blue of Paris & the Bourbon White
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Tricolour Cockade
Appears at the Hotel de Ville wearing the Red and Blue of Paris and the Bourbon White.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
August Decrees Prepare Ground for Rights Declaration
The Assembly begins abolishing feudal privileges on the night of 4 August, clearing the way for a declaration based on legal equality.
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Great Fear
In most cases these unruly peasants were responding to rumours that royalist bandits or mercenaries were sweeping the countryside. The weeks of revolt and destruction in rural areas that followed became known as the Great Fear (French, Grande Peur)
Role range: 1789-1792 – 1774-1792
Records, sources and methodology
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