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This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, militarized interstate disputes, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.
The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, during the French Revolution. Greek War of Independence, (1821–29), rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman Empire, a struggle which resulted in the establishment of an independent Greece. This is a list of revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
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27 October – Battle of Turnhout (1789): government forces defeated by émigrés. November. Prussian forces sent to quell Liège revolution occupy the city of Liège. December. 12 December – Government of Joseph II, headed by Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff, evacuates Brussels; [1] General Council of Government abolished.
July 1789. July 6: The National Assembly forms a committee of thirty members to write a new Constitution. July 8: As tensions mount, the Comte de Mirabeau, Third-Estate deputy from Aix, demands that the Gardes Françaises of the military household of the king of France be moved out of Paris, and that a new civil guard be created within the city.
1789 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1789th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 789th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of ...
Between 1715 and 1789, the French population grew from 21 to 28 million, 20% of whom lived in towns or cities, Paris alone having over 600,000 inhabitants. [8] This was accompanied by a tripling in the size of the middle class, which comprised almost 10% of the population by 1789. [9]
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