January 1: Mirabeau elected President of the Assembly
January 3: Priests are ordered to take an oath to the Nation within twenty-four hours.
A majority of clerical members of the Assembly refuse to take the oath.

February 19: Mesdames, the daughters of Louis XV and aunts of Louis XVI, depart France for exile.

February 24: Constitutional bishops, who have taken an oath to the State, replace the former Church hierarchy.

February 28: Day of Daggers.
Lafayette orders the arrest of 400 armed aristocrats who have gathered at the Tuileries Palace to protect the royal family.
They are freed on March 13.

March 2: Abolition of the traditional trade guilds.

March 3: The Assembly orders that the silver objects owned by the Church be melted down and sold to fund the government.

March 10: Pope Pius VI condemns the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
March 25: Diplomatic relations broken between France and the Vatican.

April 2: Death of Mirabeau.

April 3: The Assembly proposes transforming the new church of Sainte Geneviève, not yet consecrated, into the Panthéon.
a mausoleum for illustrious citizens of France.
On May 4, the remains of Mirabeau are the first to be placed in the new Panthéon.

April 13: Encyclical of Pope Pius VI condemns the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

April 18: The National Guard, despite orders from Lafayette, blocks the royal family from going to the Château de Saint-Cloud to celebrate Easter.

May 16: On a proposal of Robespierre, the Assembly votes to forbid members of the current Assembly to become candidates for the next Assembly.

May 30: The Assembly orders the transfers of the ashes of Voltaire to the Panthéon.

June 14: The Chapelier Law is passed by the Assembly, abolishing corporations and forbidding labor unions and strikes.

June 15: The Assembly forbids priests to wear ecclesiastical costumes outside churches.
January 1: Mirabeau elected President of the Assembly
January 3: Priests are ordered to take an oath to the Nation within twenty-four hours. A majority of clerical members of the Assembly refuse to take the oath.
February 19: Mesdames, the daughters of Louis XV and aunts of Louis XVI, depart France for exile.
February 24: Constitutional bishops, who have taken an oath to the State, replace the former Church hierarchy.
February 28: Day of Daggers. Lafayette orders the arrest of 400 armed aristocrats who have gathered at the Tuileries Palace to protect the royal family. They are freed on March 13.
March 2: Abolition of the traditional trade guilds.
March 3: The Assembly orders that the silver objects owned by the Church be melted down and sold to fund the government.
March 10: Pope Pius VI condemns the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
March 25: Diplomatic relations broken between France and the Vatican.
April 2: Death of Mirabeau.
April 3: The Assembly proposes transforming the new church of Sainte Geneviève, not yet consecrated, into the Panthéon. a mausoleum for illustrious citizens of France. On May 4, the remains of Mirabeau are the first to be placed in the new Panthéon.
April 13: Encyclical of Pope Pius VI condemns the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
April 18: The National Guard, despite orders from Lafayette, blocks the royal family from going to the Château de Saint-Cloud to celebrate Easter.
May 16: On a proposal of Robespierre, the Assembly votes to forbid members of the current Assembly to become candidates for the next Assembly.
May 30: The Assembly orders the transfers of the ashes of Voltaire to the Panthéon.
June 14: The Chapelier Law is passed by the Assembly, abolishing corporations and forbidding labor unions and strikes.
June 15: The Assembly forbids priests to wear ecclesiastical costumes outside churches.
Timeline of the French Revolution