1789 in France

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• Riot in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine suburb of Paris against the manufacturer of Réveillon wallpapers.

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• Convention of the Estates-General of 1789, the first meeting since 1614 of the Estates-General

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• The Tennis Court Oath is made in Versailles.

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• Forming of the National Constituent Assembly

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• Louis XVI of France dismisses popular Chief Minister Jacques Necker.

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• An angry Parisian crowd, inflamed by a speech from journalist Camille Desmoulins, demonstrates against the King's decision to dismiss Necker.
• Paris is in a state of generalized riot. There are clashes between the protesters and the riders of the Royal-Allemand cavalry.

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• The convent of Saint-Lazare is totally looted and ransacked following a rumor that grains and weapons would be stored there.
• The people begin to seize arms for the defense of Paris.

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• Citizens of Paris storm the fortress of the Bastille, and free the only seven prisoners held. In rural areas, peasants attack manors of the nobility.
• The governor of the Bastille, Launay, three officers and three disabled are arrested and escorted to the city hall and massacred by the crowd.
• Jacques de Flesselles, provost of the merchants of Paris, is accused of treason and killed with a pistol shot.

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• In the morning, the king announces before the assembly that he has given the order to withdraw the troops from Paris.
• The crowd seized the arsenal at Rennes; the soldiers refused to fire on the people.
• Cannons of Paris are brought to Montmartre.

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• Storming of the city hall of Strasbourg.

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• The Controller-General of Finances, Foullon and the Intendant of Paris, Bertier de Savigny, are massacred during a riot.

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• Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.

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• Banquet of the Gardes du Corps at Versailles.

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• Women's March on Versailles

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