1789 ⟶ Necker Reinstated, Troops Withdrawn, and Bastille Demolition Ordered

July 16: The King reinstates Necker as finance minister and ...
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1789

🏛️ Necker Reinstated, Troops Withdrawn, and Bastille Demolition Ordered

July 16: The King reinstates Necker as finance minister and withdraws royal troops from the center of the city. The new elected Paris assembly votes the destruction of the Bastille fortress. Similar committees and local militias are formed in Lyon, Rennes, and in other large French cities.⟶
Necker Reinstated, Troops Withdrawn, and Bastille Demolition Ordered (1789)
French RevolutionPoliticsKing Louis XVINeckerBastilleParisNational AssemblyLocal MilitiasFinancial Crisis
Necker Reinstated, Troops Withdrawn, and Bastille Demolition Ordered (1789)