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Events from the year 1789 in France
- Monarch – Louis XVI
| Date | Events | Photos | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 26 April | Riot in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine suburb of Paris against the manufacturer of Réveillon wallpapers. | ||
| Tuesday, 5 May | Convention of the Estates-General of 1789, the first meeting since 1614 of the Estates-General | ||
| Saturday, 20 June | The Tennis Court Oath is made in Versailles. | ||
| Thursday, 9 July | Forming of the National Constituent Assembly | ||
| Saturday, 11 July | Louis XVI dismisses popular Chief Minister Jacques Necker. | ||
| Sunday, 12 July | 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. | |||
| Monday, 13 July | 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. | |||
| Tuesday, 14 July | 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. | |||
| Wednesday, 15 July | In the morning, the king announces before the assembly that he has given the order to withdraw the troops from Paris. | ||
| The crowd seizes the arsenal at Rennes; the soldiers refuse to fire on the people. | |||
| Cannons of Paris are brought to Montmartre. | |||
| Sunday, 19 July | Storming of the city hall of Strasbourg. | ||
| Wednesday, 22 July | The Controller-General of Finances, Foullon and the Intendant of Paris, Bertier de Savigny, are massacred during a riot. | ||
| The Grande Peur, a period of rural unrest, begins in the Franche-Comté. | |||
| Tuesday, 4 August | Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges. | ||
| Thursday, 1 October | Banquet of the Gardes du Corps at Versailles. | ||
| Monday, 5 October | Women's March on Versailles |
- 4 January – Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, military officer and politician (died 1865)
- 21 August – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, mathematician (died 1857)
- 28 August – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, nobility (died 1860)
- 31 December – Claudius Crozet, educator and engineer (died 1864)
Claude Joseph Vernet.
- 2 February – Armand-Louis Couperin, composer and keyboard player (born 1727)
- 9 May – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, artillery officer (born 1715)
- 15 May – Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, painter (born 1714)
- 15 July – Jacques Duphly, composer and harpsichordist (born 1715)
- 3 December – Claude Joseph Vernet, painter (born 1714).
- 23 December – Charles-Michel de l'Épée, philanthropist, developer of signed French (born 1712)
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