1787	Feb			Nobles and clergy demand Estates-General
1789	Jan			Importance of Third Estate stressed
1789	May	5		Estates-General
1789	Jun	17		Formation of National Assembly
1789	Jun	20		Tennis Court Oath
1789	Jul	11		Necker fired
1789	Jul	12		Revolts begin
1789	Jul	14		Storming of Bastille
1789	Jul	20		The Great Fear
1789	Aug	26		Declaration of the Rights of Man