Representatives of the third estate gather a tennis court and swear to continue meeting until a new French constitution is drafted.
The Tennis Court Oath was the starting point of the French Revolution, held on June 20, 1789 by the members of the third state, who decided to remain together until forming a Constitution for France.
A crowd of angry, hungry women marches from Paris to Versailles to force the royal family back to Paris
This was one of the most important acts of the French Revolution, they were protesting over the high prices and scarcity of food.
King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine on charges of treason, while his wife, Marie Antoinette, is executed a few months later
In a context of civil and international war, the king was suspended and arrested at the time of the insurrection of August 10, 1792, a month before the constitutional monarchy was abolished and the First French Republic
French soldier Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power and makes himself the emperor of France
The French emperor came to power at the end of the eighteenth century with the help of the bourgeoisie who, after a political coup, managed to get rid of the Jacobins
