The French Revolution began before 1792.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen . The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ( [ Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen , links = no ] ) , passed by France 's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789 , is an important document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights . French Revolution . The first year of the Revolution saw members of the Third Estate taking control , the assault on the Bastille in July , the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August , and a women 's march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October .