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Legislature legalizes divorce. September 20, 1792

Distribution of communal land except for forest land. Sale of émigrés’ properties. August 14, 1792

Properties of émigrés confiscated. July 27, 1792

Death of Emperor Leopold II. His son Francis II succeeds him. March 1, 1792

Priests refusing to take the oath are barred from exercising their ministry in public. January 3, 1791

Revolutionary municipalities and citizens’ guards are formed throughout the provinces. Process continues through August. July 15, 1789

The Prince de Condé and the Comte d’Artois emigrate. July 17, 1789

The electors of Paris form a standing committee and a citizens’ militia. July 13, 1789

With the consent of the king, Necker agrees to the doubling of the Third Estate’s representation at the forthcoming meeting of the Estates–General: the Third Estate will now have as many deputies as the other two orders put together. December 27, 1788

The Estates–General are convoked for 1 May 1789. August 8, 1788

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