Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

King Louis XVI of France and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette were both beheaded by the guillotine at the place de la Revolution in Paris,France. Louis XVI was executed on January 21,1793,and Marie Antoinette was executed on October 16,1793.

The storming of the Bastille.

The storming of Bastille happened in Paris, France , on 14 July 1789 when Revolution insurgents stormed and seized control of the medieval armoury. At the time the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris.

The tennis Court Oath. 

On 20 June 1789 the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath in the tennis court which had been built in 1686 for the use of the Versailles palace.

Robespierre Reign of terror. 

The Reign of Terror took place between September 5,1793,and July 27,1794.During the Terror the committee exercised dictatorial control over the French government. It targeted and systematically executed perceived enemies of the Rvolution.