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20th June 1789: Tennis Court Oath sworn by the French National Assembly in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established

20th June 2026
Tagged as: Democracy, Estates General, France, French Revolution, Louis XVI, Monarchy, National Assembly, Nobility, Revolution, Tennis Court Oath, Third Estate

The Deputies of the French Third Estate swore not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the country.

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5th May 1789: The Estates General meets at Versailles, near Paris, for the first time in 175 years

5th May 2025
Tagged as: Estates General, France, French Revolution, Louis XVI, Tennis Court Oath

When the Estates General opened on 5 May many hoped that it would provide a platform for reform, but in practice it acted as a precursor to the French Revolution.

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20th June 1789: Tennis Court Oath sworn by the French National Assembly in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established

5th May 1789: The Estates General meets at Versailles, near Paris, for the first time in 175 years

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites

13th October 1908: Suffragette Margaret Travers Symons becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she burst into the main chamber

12th October 539 BCE: Babylon falls to the Persian king Cyrus the Great

11th October 1521: King Henry VIII of England given the title Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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