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The Joyous Accord 1789

This allegorical image represents the sentiments of social unity that the National Assembly sought to promote through the Festival of the Federation of 14 July 1790. This festival, though technically but a military parade of units from around the…

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Clock Faces 1789-1799

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Marie Antoinette as a Serpent 1789

The Queen, never popular to begin with in France, also bore the brunt of popular anger in 1792, as seen in these images of the King, Queen, and elsewhere the entire royal family, as animals. One wonders if this dehumanization of the King and Queen…

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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

Second Assembly of Notables (dissolved 12 December 1788). October 5, 1788

Parlement of Paris demands the "forms of 1614." September 25, 1788

Jacques Necker, a Swiss citizen and a Protestant, replaces Loménie de Brienne with the title of Director General of Finances; he attempts once again to solve the financial crisis and to devise a plan for a successful meeting of the Estates–General. August 24, 1788

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

The assembly of the three orders of Dauphiné at Vizille. July 21, 1788

Revolt in Grenoble: the mob demands the reinstatement of the local parlement. Uprising also in Brittany. June 7, 1788