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Sunday, 26 April
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Tuesday, 5 May
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Saturday, 20 June
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Thursday, 9 July
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Saturday, 11 July
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Sunday, 12 July
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- 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.
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Monday, 13 July
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- 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.
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Tuesday, 14 July
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- 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.
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Wednesday, 15 July
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- In the morning, the king announces before the assembly that he has given the order to withdraw the troops from Paris.
- The crowd seized the arsenal at Rennes; the soldiers refused to fire on the people.
- Cannons of Paris are brought to Montmartre.
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Sunday, 19 July
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Wednesday, 22 July
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Tuesday, 4 August
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Thursday, 1 October
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Monday, 5 October
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