23 January: The slave uprising in Haiti causes severe shortages of sugar and coffee in Paris.
Riots against food shortages; many food shops are looted.
January–March: Food riots in Paris
February 1: French citizens are required to have a passport to travel in the interior of the country.

February 7: Austria and Prussia sign in Berlin a military convention to invade France and defend the monarchy.

February 9: The Assembly decrees the confiscation of the property of émigrés, for the benefit of the Nation.

February 23: Confrontation between the army and crowds in Béthune over the allocation of grain.

March 7: The Duke of Brunswick is named to command a joint Austrian-Prussian invasion of France.

April 4: The Assembly granted equal rights to free people of color in Haiti.

April 5: The Assembly closes the Sorbonne, a center of conservative theology.

April 20: The Assembly declares war on the King of Bohemia and Hungary, i.e. to the Holy Roman Empire.

April 25: La Marseillaise composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, is sung for the first time in Strasbourg.

April 28: The war begins.
The army of Rochambeau invades the Austrian Netherlands.

April 30: The government issues three hundred million assignats to finance the war.

May 5: The Assembly orders the raising of thirty-one new battalions for the army.

May 6: The Royal-Allemand regiment (Régiment de Royal-Allemand cavalerie), composed of German mercenaries, deserts the French army and joins the Austrian-Prussian coalition.

May 12: The Hussar regiments of Saxe and Bercheny desert the French Army and join the coalition.

May 27: The Assembly orders the deportation of priests who have not signed the oath to the government, known as the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

June 8: The Assembly orders the raising of an army of twenty thousand volunteers to be camped outside Paris.

June 11: Louis XVI vetoes the laws on the deportation of priests and the formation of a new army outside Paris.

June 20: A secret insurrectionary committee, supported by the Paris Commune and led by the prosecutors Louis Pierre Manuel and Georges Danton, is formed.

June 20: Demonstrators invade the Tuileries Palace and king Louis XVI condescends to wear a red liberty cap and drink to the health of the Nation.

June 21: The Assembly bans gatherings of armed citizens within the city limits.

June 28: Lafayette speaks to the Assembly, denouncing the actions of the Jacobins and other radical groups in the Assembly.
His proposal to organize a review of the National guard in Paris is annulled by Pétion, mayor of Paris.

June 30: Lafayette leaves Paris and returns to his army.
He is denounced by Robespierre and his effigy is burned by a mob at the Palais-Royal.

July 11: As the Austrian army advances slowly toward Paris, the Assembly declares that the Nation is in danger (La patrie en danger).

July 15: The Assembly votes to send regular army units, whose officers largely support Lafayette, far outside the city.

July 15: Members of the Cordeliers club, led by Danton, demand the convocation of a Convention to replace the Legislative Assembly.

July 25: The Assembly authorizes the Paris sections, local assemblies in each neighborhood, many controlled by the Jacobins and Cordeliers, to meet in permanent sessions.

July 25: Brunswick Manifesto - The Austrian commander warns that should the royal family be harmed, an "exemplary and eternally memorable revenge" will follow.

July 28: The Brunswick Manifesto is widely circulated in Paris, causing fury against the King.

July 30: Decree by the Assembly allows working-class citizens (those who pay no taxes) to join the National Guard.

July 30: Arrival in Paris of volunteer fédérés from Marseille.
They sing the new war hymn, of the Army of the Rhine, which gradually takes their name, La Marseillaise.
Fights break out between the new volunteers and soldiers of the National Guard loyal to Lafayette.

August 3: 47 of the 48 sections of Paris, mostly controlled by the Cordeliers and the Jacobins, send petitions to the Assembly, demanding the removal of the King.
They are presented by Péti
23 January: The slave uprising in Haiti causes severe shortages of sugar and coffee in Paris. Riots against food shortages; many food shops are looted.January–March: Food riots in Paris
February 1: French citizens are required to have a passport to travel in the interior of the country.
February 7: Austria and Prussia sign in Berlin a military convention to invade France and defend the monarchy.
February 9: The Assembly decrees the confiscation of the property of émigrés, for the benefit of the Nation.
February 23: Confrontation between the army and crowds in Béthune over the allocation of grain.
March 7: The Duke of Brunswick is named to command a joint Austrian-Prussian invasion of France.
April 4: The Assembly granted equal rights to free people of color in Haiti.
April 5: The Assembly closes the Sorbonne, a center of conservative theology.
April 20: The Assembly declares war on the King of Bohemia and Hungary, i.e. to the Holy Roman Empire.
April 25: La Marseillaise composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, is sung for the first time in Strasbourg.
April 28: The war begins. The army of Rochambeau invades the Austrian Netherlands.
April 30: The government issues three hundred million assignats to finance the war.
May 5: The Assembly orders the raising of thirty-one new battalions for the army.
May 6: The Royal-Allemand regiment (Régiment de Royal-Allemand cavalerie), composed of German mercenaries, deserts the French army and joins the Austrian-Prussian coalition.
May 12: The Hussar regiments of Saxe and Bercheny desert the French Army and join the coalition.
May 27: The Assembly orders the deportation of priests who have not signed the oath to the government, known as the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
June 8: The Assembly orders the raising of an army of twenty thousand volunteers to be camped outside Paris.
June 11: Louis XVI vetoes the laws on the deportation of priests and the formation of a new army outside Paris.
June 20: A secret insurrectionary committee, supported by the Paris Commune and led by the prosecutors Louis Pierre Manuel and Georges Danton, is formed.
June 20: Demonstrators invade the Tuileries Palace and king Louis XVI condescends to wear a red liberty cap and drink to the health of the Nation.
June 21: The Assembly bans gatherings of armed citizens within the city limits.
June 28: Lafayette speaks to the Assembly, denouncing the actions of the Jacobins and other radical groups in the Assembly. His proposal to organize a review of the National guard in Paris is annulled by Pétion, mayor of Paris.
June 30: Lafayette leaves Paris and returns to his army. He is denounced by Robespierre and his effigy is burned by a mob at the Palais-Royal.
July 11: As the Austrian army advances slowly toward Paris, the Assembly declares that the Nation is in danger (La patrie en danger).
July 15: The Assembly votes to send regular army units, whose officers largely support Lafayette, far outside the city.
July 15: Members of the Cordeliers club, led by Danton, demand the convocation of a Convention to replace the Legislative Assembly.
July 25: The Assembly authorizes the Paris sections, local assemblies in each neighborhood, many controlled by the Jacobins and Cordeliers, to meet in permanent sessions.
July 25: Brunswick Manifesto - The Austrian commander warns that should the royal family be harmed, an "exemplary and eternally memorable revenge" will follow.
July 28: The Brunswick Manifesto is widely circulated in Paris, causing fury against the King.
July 30: Decree by the Assembly allows working-class citizens (those who pay no taxes) to join the National Guard.
July 30: Arrival in Paris of volunteer fédérés from Marseille. They sing the new war hymn, of the Army of the Rhine, which gradually takes their name, La Marseillaise. Fights break out between the new volunteers and soldiers of the National Guard loyal to Lafayette.
August 3: 47 of the 48 sections of Paris, mostly controlled by the Cordeliers and the Jacobins, send petitions to the Assembly, demanding the removal of the King. They are presented by Péti
Timeline of the French Revolution