Timeline of the French Revolution

1789 – Call of the Estates General: King Louis XVI calls forth the Estates General together for the first time in a long time, featuring the clergy, the noblemen, and the rest of France together.

1789 – The Fall of the Bastille: Angry revolutionaries storm the Bastille. By doing this, not only does it serve to make a statement against the monarchy but the mob also attained weapons and gunpowder that were kept in the prison.

1789 – March on Versailles: Parisian market women lead a march on Versailles to protest about scarcity and high price of bread.

1791 – Royal Family attempts to Flee: King Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee from France but are caught at Verannes. They are sent back to Paris where the King is forced to go on trial.

1791 – Dissolution of the national Assembly: France was proclaimed a constitutional monarchy, while the National Assembly was dissolved and replaced by a new political body named the Legislative Assembly. 

1793 – Execution of the King: After being put on trial the king is sentenced to death. He is executed by the guillotine on January 21, 1793.

1793-1794 – Reign of Terror: Thousands of people are sentenced to death by execution that is caused by conflict between two political parties the Jacobins, and the Girondins. The leader of the Jacobins, Maximilien arises as a new leader of the Revolution.

1794 – Execution of Robespierre: Maximilien Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins, is executed and the power of the Jacobins fall with him. The Girondins gain more power as a result.

1795-1814 – reign of Napoleon Bonaparte: Napoleon Bonaparte was an important French military leader who created an empire that stretched across almost all of Europe in the early 1800s. He was a very smart military commander and his methods for fighting wars are still studied today. Eventually, he became Emperor of France, but later he was forced to leave France and live out the rest of his life on an island in the South Atlantic.

Source: http://historylists.org/events/list-of-10-major-events-of-the-french-revolution.html