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THE HIST OR Y OF P ARIS  33

“Patriotic” Chair The Sans Culottes
The back of this By 1792, the wearing of
wooden chair is trousers instead of
topped by red breeches (culottes) was a
bonnets, symbol of political symbol of Paris’s
revolutionary politics. artisans and shopkeepers.

La Marseillaise
The revolutionaries’
marching song is now
the national anthem.
The dead and
wounded totalled 171
by the end of the day.

Wallpaper
Commemorative
Coin tower wallpaper was
produced to celebrate
the Revolution.
Guillotine
Great court This was used for
the first time in
Well court France in April 1792.

Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was overrun on
14 July 1789 and the seven
prisoners held there released.
The defenders (32 Swiss guards,
82 wounded soldiers and the
governor) were massacred.

20 Jun Invasion 21 Jan Execution 16 Oct Execution of
of the Tuileries of Louis XVI Marie-Antoinette 19 Nov Jacobin Club
5 Apr Execution (a revolutionary 22 Aug New
10 Aug Autumn Robespierre of Danton and constitution:
Overthrow in control of Committee 24 Nov supporters pressure group) closed the Directory
of Louis XVI of Public Safety Churches closed
1792 1793 1794 1795
20 Sep Battle 13 Jul
of Valmy Assassination of Robespierre,
25 Apr Marat, founder of revolutionary and
La Marseillaise 2–6 Sep L’Ami du Peuple, 27 Jul Execution architect of the Terror
composed September the revolutionary of Robespierre
massacres newspaper

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