July 13 Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated by Charlotte CordayĪugust 2 Marie Antoinette transferred from the Temple prison to the prison of ConciergerieĪugust 10 Fête révolutionnaire on the site of the Bastille to commemorate journée of August 10 1792 June 2 Journée in which the Convention is forced to expel 29 Girondin deputies, Montagnards in power March 10 Revolutionary Tribunal established in FranceĪpril 6 Committee of Public Safety established
November 6 Foundation of the Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers by John Reevesĭecember 22 British Whigs form “Friends of the Liberty of the Press” to defend free speech against the attack of Loyalist associationsġ793 January 17 King Louis XVI condemned to deathįebruary 1 France declares war on England and Hollandįebruary 11 England declares war on France September 21 Formal abolition of the French monarchy, France declared a Republic
September 20 Battle of Valmy, French victory over the Prussians Revolution where priests and aristocrats were murdered September 2 September Massacres, the first major atrocities of the July 29 Maximilien Robespierre calls for the removal of the KingĪugust 10 Second invasion of the Tuileries, the monarchy is overthrownĪugust 13 Royal Family imprisoned in the Temple July 28 Brunswick Manifesto published, which threatened the people of Paris with punishment if they do not submit to the King, instigating the panic that caused the September Massacres July 11 Proclamation by the Assembly of ‘la patrie en danger’ June 20 Anniversary of King Louis XVI’s flight – Invasion of the May 21 George III issues Royal proclamation against ‘tumultuous meetings and seditious writings’ January-March Serious inflation begins – food riots in Parisįebruary Publication of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, part IIĪpril Foundation of the Association of the Friends of the People Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman September 14 Louis XVI accepts the Constitution and is restored to powerġ792 January Foundation of the London Corresponding Society (LSC), a society that campaigned throughout England for Parliamentary reform
September 3 The Constitution of 1791 is proclaimed July 14 “Fête de la Fédération” – the first anniversary of the Revolution (the Fall of the Bastille) is celebrated on the fields of the Champs-de-Marsĭecember Publication of Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in Franceġ791 February Publication of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, part Iġ791 June 20-21 Royal Family’s flight and capture at VarennesĪugust 27 The Declaration of Pillnitz by the rulers of Austria and Prussia, affirming their intention to return the King of France to power Guillotin proposes scientific device for executionġ790 June 19 Formal abolition of nobility and hereditary titles October 5-6 Women of Paris march to Versailles September 12 Jean-Paul Marat’s L’Ami du people (The Friend of the People), a radical publication, appears Man and Citizen, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence Louis XVI calls a meeting of the Estates General, and lifts censorship to help prepare its workġ789 May 5 Meeting of Estates General in ParisĪugust 4-5 The National Assembly ‘abolishes Feudalism’Īugust 26 National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Revolution of 1688’ that shifted power from the Monarchy to Parliament and allowed the people of England considerable freedom to debate public issues An anti-Catholic demonstration led by Lord George Gordon that was followed by several days of riotingġ783 Peace signed between Britain and Franceġ788 Centenary celebrations in England of the ‘Glorious The war debt brings the French Monarchy to its kneesġ780 June Gordon Riots, England. 1776 July 4 American Declaration of Independenceġ778 France declares war on Great Britain.