1789 in France

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1789
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Events from the year 1789 in France

Incumbents

Events

Date Events Photos Refs
Sunday,
26 April
Tuesday,
5 May
Saturday,
20 June
Thursday,
9 July
Saturday,
11 July
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.
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.
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.
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 seized the arsenal at Rennes; the soldiers refused to fire on the people.
  • Cannons of Paris are brought to Montmartre.
Sunday,
19 July
Wednesday,
22 July
Tuesday,
4 August
Thursday,
1 October
Monday,
5 October

Births

Deaths

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.