January 7: Riot in Versailles demanding lower bread prices.

January 18: Marat publishes a fierce attack on finance minister Necker.

January 22: Paris municipal police try to arrest Marat for his violent attacks on the government, but he is defended by a crowd of sans-culottes and escapes to London.

February 13: The Assembly forbids the taking of religious vows and suppresses the contemplative religious orders.

February 23: The Assembly requires curés (parish priests) in churches across France to read aloud the decrees of the Assembly.

February 28: The Assembly abolishes the requirement that army officers be members of the nobility.

March 8: The Assembly decides to continue the institution of slavery in French colonies, but permits the establishment of colonial assemblies.

March 12: The Assembly approves the sale of the property of the church by municipalities
March 29: Pope Pius VI condemns the Declaration of the Rights of Man in a secret consistory.

April 5-June 10: A series of pro-catholic and anti-revolutionary riots in the French provinces; in Vannes (April 5), Nîmes (April 6), Toulouse (April 18), Toulon (May 3), and Avignon (June 10) protesting measures taken against the church.

April 17: Foundation of the Cordeliers club, which meets in the former convent of that name.
It becomes one of most vocal proponents of radical change.

April 30: Riots in Marseille.
Three forts are captured, and the commander of Fort Saint-Jean, the Chevalier de Beausset, is assassinated.

May 12: Lafayette and Jean Sylvain Bailly institute the Society of 1789.

May 15: Law passed that allows for the redemption of manorial dues
May 18: Marat returns to Paris and resumes publication of L'Ami du people.

May 22: The Assembly decides that it alone can decide issues of war and peace, but that the war cannot be declared without the proposition and sanction by the King.

May 30: Lyon celebrates the Revolution with a Fête de la Fédération.
Lille holds a similar event on June 6.
Strasbourg on June 13, Rouen on June 19.

June 3: Uprising of biracial residents of the French colony of Martinique.

June 19: The Assembly abolishes the titles, orders, and other privileges of the hereditary nobility.

June 26: Avignon, then under the rule of the Pope, asks to be joined to France.
The Assembly, wishing to avoid a confrontation with Pope Pius VI, delays a decision.

June 26: Diplomats of England, Austria, Prussia and the United Provinces meet at Reichenbach to discuss possible military intervention against the French Revolution.

July 12: The Assembly adopts the final text on the status of the French clergy.
Clergymen lose their special status, and are required to take an oath of allegiance to the government.
January 7: Riot in Versailles demanding lower bread prices.
January 18: Marat publishes a fierce attack on finance minister Necker.
January 22: Paris municipal police try to arrest Marat for his violent attacks on the government, but he is defended by a crowd of sans-culottes and escapes to London.
February 13: The Assembly forbids the taking of religious vows and suppresses the contemplative religious orders.
February 23: The Assembly requires curés (parish priests) in churches across France to read aloud the decrees of the Assembly.
February 28: The Assembly abolishes the requirement that army officers be members of the nobility.
March 8: The Assembly decides to continue the institution of slavery in French colonies, but permits the establishment of colonial assemblies.
March 12: The Assembly approves the sale of the property of the church by municipalities
March 29: Pope Pius VI condemns the Declaration of the Rights of Man in a secret consistory.
April 5-June 10: A series of pro-catholic and anti-revolutionary riots in the French provinces; in Vannes (April 5), Nîmes (April 6), Toulouse (April 18), Toulon (May 3), and Avignon (June 10) protesting measures taken against the church.
April 17: Foundation of the Cordeliers club, which meets in the former convent of that name. It becomes one of most vocal proponents of radical change.
April 30: Riots in Marseille. Three forts are captured, and the commander of Fort Saint-Jean, the Chevalier de Beausset, is assassinated.
May 12: Lafayette and Jean Sylvain Bailly institute the Society of 1789.
May 15: Law passed that allows for the redemption of manorial dues
May 18: Marat returns to Paris and resumes publication of L'Ami du people.
May 22: The Assembly decides that it alone can decide issues of war and peace, but that the war cannot be declared without the proposition and sanction by the King.
May 30: Lyon celebrates the Revolution with a Fête de la Fédération. Lille holds a similar event on June 6. Strasbourg on June 13, Rouen on June 19.
June 3: Uprising of biracial residents of the French colony of Martinique.
June 19: The Assembly abolishes the titles, orders, and other privileges of the hereditary nobility.
June 26: Avignon, then under the rule of the Pope, asks to be joined to France. The Assembly, wishing to avoid a confrontation with Pope Pius VI, delays a decision.
June 26: Diplomats of England, Austria, Prussia and the United Provinces meet at Reichenbach to discuss possible military intervention against the French Revolution.
July 12: The Assembly adopts the final text on the status of the French clergy. Clergymen lose their special status, and are required to take an oath of allegiance to the government.
Timeline of the French Revolution