Tag: Third Estate

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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 2022
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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13th July 1793: Jean-Paul Marat stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday

13th July 2017
Tagged as: Assassination, Execution, France, French Revolution, Girondin, Guillotine, Marat, Media, Murder, Newspaper, Paris, Radicalism, Revolution, Third Estate

On the 13^th July 1793, the radical French journalist Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.