1789 in France

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Events from the year 1789 in France

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch – Louis XVI

Events[]

Date Events Photos
Sunday,
April 26
  • Riot in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine suburb of Paris against the manufacturer of Réveillon wallpapers.
 Fusillade au fauxbourg Antoine.jpg
Tuesday,
May 5
  • Convention of the Estates-General of 1789, the first meeting since 1614 of the Estates-General
 Estatesgeneral.jpg
Saturday,
June 20
  • The Tennis Court Oath is made in Versailles.
 Serment du jeu de paume.jpg
Thursday,
July 9
  • Forming of the National Constituent Assembly
Saturday,
July 11
  • Louis XVI of France dismisses popular Chief Minister Jacques Necker.
Necker, Jacques - Duplessis.jpg
Sunday,
July 12
  • 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,
July 13
  • 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.
 Evénement de la matinée du 13 juillet 1789 a Paris.jpg
Tuesday,
July 14
  • 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,
July 15
  • 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.
 Canons de Paris portés à Montmartre.jpg
Sunday,
July 19
  • Storming of the city hall of Strasbourg.
 Mise à sac de l'Hôtel de Ville de Strasbourg le 19 juillet 1789 (gravure de l'époque).jpg
Wednesday,
July 22 		Supplice Joseph-François Foullon, 23 juillet 1789, Musée de la Révolution française - Vizille.jpg
Tuesday,
August 4
  • Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
 Nuit du 4 aout 1789, Musée de la Révolution française - Vizille.jpg
Thursday,
October 1
  • Banquet of the Gardes du Corps at Versailles.
 Orgie des Gardes du corps dans la salle de l'Opéra de Versailles - le 1er octobre 1789.jpeg
Monday,
October 5 		A Versailles, à Versailles 5 octobre 1789.jpg

Births[]

  • 4 January – Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, military officer and politician (died 1865)
  • 21 August – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, mathematician (died 1857)
  • 28 August – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, nobility (died 1860)
  • 31 December – Claudius Crozet, educator and engineer (died 1864)

Deaths[]

Claude Joseph Vernet.
  • 2 February – Armand-Louis Couperin, composer and keyboard player (born 1727)
  • 9 May – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, artillery officer (born 1715)
  • 15 May – Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, painter (born 1714)
  • 15 July – Jacques Duphly, composer and harpsichordist (born 1715)
  • 3 December – Claude Joseph Vernet, painter (born 1714).[1]
  • 23 December – Charles-Michel de l'Épée, philanthropist, developer of signed French (born 1712)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
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