French Revolution

Started in May 1789 and went on until 1799. The absolutist system under King Louis XVI collapsed under enormous pressure from liberal political groups and rampaging citizens on the streets. On 14 July in 1789 the Bastille was stormed and in October the same year the Monarch and the Royal Family were taken to Paris. After the King was brought to trial from December 1792 he was finally executed on 21 January 1793. The Republic was proclaimed in September 1792. It declared war on Britain in January 1793.

Sources

• Cody, David. "French Revolution". The Victorian Web, content created 1987, last modified 25 October 2010, http://www.victorianweb.org/history/hist7.html.