1789 in France

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1789
in
France
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See also: Other events of 1789
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Events from the year 1789 in France

Incumbents

Events

DateEventsPhotosRefs
Sunday,
26 April
Fusillade au fauxbourg Antoine.jpg
Tuesday,
5 May
Estatesgeneral.jpg
Saturday,
20 June
Serment du jeu de paume.jpg
Thursday,
9 July
Saturday,
11 July
Necker, Jacques - Duplessis.jpg
Sunday,
12 July
  • An angry Parisian crowd, inflamed by a speech from journalist Camille Desmoulins, demonstrates against the King's decision to dismiss Necker.
  • Paris is in a state of generalized riot. There are clashes between the protesters and the riders of the Royal-Allemand cavalry.
Motion faite au Palais Royal.jpg
Monday,
13 July
  • The convent of Saint-Lazare is totally looted and ransacked following a rumor that grains and weapons would be stored there.
  • The people begin to seize arms for the defense of Paris.
Evenement de la matinee du 13 juillet 1789 a Paris.jpg
Tuesday,
14 July
  • Citizens of Paris storm the fortress of the Bastille, and free the only seven prisoners held. In rural areas, peasants attack manors of the nobility.
  • The governor of the Bastille, Launay, three officers and three disabled are arrested and escorted to the city hall and massacred by the crowd.
  • Jacques de Flesselles, provost of the merchants of Paris, is accused of treason and killed with a pistol shot.
Prise de la Bastille.jpg
Wednesday,
15 July
  • In the morning, the king announces before the assembly that he has given the order to withdraw the troops from Paris.
  • The crowd seizes the arsenal at Rennes; the soldiers refuse to fire on the people.
  • Cannons of Paris are brought to Montmartre.
Canons de Paris portes a Montmartre.jpg
Sunday,
19 July
Mise a sac de l'Hotel de Ville de Strasbourg le 19 juillet 1789 (gravure de l'epoque).jpg
Wednesday,
22 July
Supplice Joseph-Francois Foullon, 23 juillet 1789, Musee de la Revolution francaise - Vizille.jpg
Tuesday,
4 August
Nuit du 4 aout 1789, Musee de la Revolution francaise - Vizille.jpg
Thursday,
1 October
Orgie des Gardes du corps dans la salle de l'Opera de Versailles - le 1er octobre 1789.jpeg
Monday,
5 October
A Versailles, a Versailles 5 octobre 1789 - Restoration (cropped).png

Births

Deaths

Claude Joseph Vernet. Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-Le Brun - Joseph Vernet (1778).jpg
Claude Joseph Vernet.

See also

References

  1. "BBC - History - King Louis XVI". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. Holck, A. (1927). "Vernet". In Blangstrup, Chr. (ed.). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 24 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. pp. 960–961. Retrieved 2014-11-20.