1789 ⟶ Third Estate Locked Out, Tennis Court Oath Sworn
June 20: On the orders of Louis XVI, the meeting hall of the...
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1789
1791
🎾 Third Estate Locked Out, Tennis Court Oath Sworn
June 20: On the orders of Louis XVI, the meeting hall of the Third Estate is closed and locked. At the suggestion of Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the deputies gather instead in the indoor tennis court, where they swear not to separate until they have given France a new Constitution (the Tennis Court Oath).⟶
French RevolutionThird EstateNational AssemblyTennis Court OathLouis XVIConstitutionAssemblyDeputiesPolitical Crisis
🗣️ Third Estate Calls for Joint Meeting of Estates-General
🤝 Clerical Deputies Join the Third Estate
June 13–14: Nine deputies from the clergy decide to join the meeting of the Third Estate.⟶
Third EstateClergyEstates-GeneralNational AssemblyPolitical AlignmentRevolutionFrench RevolutionConstitutionalism
🗣️ Royal Session of June 23: Louis XVI Rejects National Assembly, Mirabeau Defies King
June 23: Louis XVI personally addresses the Estates-General (a Séance royale), where he invalidates the decisions of the National Assembly and instructs the three estates to continue to meet separately. The king departs followed by the Second- and most of the First-Estate deputies, but the Third-Estate deputies remain in the hall. When the king's master of ceremonies reminds them that Louis has invalidated their decrees, the Comte de Mirabeau, Third-Estate deputy from Aix, boldly shouts that "we are assembled here by the will of the people" and that they would "leave only at the point of a bayonet".⟶
French RevolutionEstates-GeneralLouis XVINational AssemblyMirabeauRoyal AuthorityThird EstatePolitical CrisisDeclaration of Independence (implied)Defiance
👑 Louis XVI Suspended by the National Assembly
June 25: Louis XVI returns to Paris. The Assembly suspends his functions until further notice.⟶
Louis XVIMonarchyNational AssemblySuspension of PowersFrench RevolutionLegislative PowerPolitical CrisisConstitutional MonarchyRoyal AuthorityDeposition
👑 National Assembly Declares King's Inviolability and Suspends Powers
July 15: National Assembly declares the king inviolable, and cannot be put on trial. Louis XVI suspended from his duties until the ratification of a new Constitution.⟶
National AssemblyLouis XVIConstitutional MonarchyInviolabilitySuspension of PowersConstitutionFrench RevolutionPoliticsMonarchy