| Date | Events | Photos |
Sunday,
April 26 |
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| Tuesday, May 5 |
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| Saturday, June 20 |
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| Thursday, July 9 |
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| Saturday, July 11 |
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| Sunday, July 12 |
- 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, July 13 |
- 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, July 14 |
- 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, July 15 |
- 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, July 19 |
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| Wednesday, July 22 |
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| Tuesday, August 4 |
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| Thursday, October 1 |
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| Monday, October 5 |
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