The National Assembly crisis of June 1789
- When
- June 1789
- Where
- Estates General crisis in June 1789
- Part of
- Louis XVI's Reform Speech
In June 1789 the Third Estate unilaterally declared itself the National Assembly; Louis XVI's attempts to control it produced the Tennis Court Oath on 20 June.
In June 1789, the Third Estate unilaterally declared itself the National Assembly. Louis XVI's attempts to control it resulted in the Tennis Court Oath (serment du jeu de paume) on 20 June. The supplied passages attribute these developments to the confrontation between the king and the Assembly; they do not mention a conciliatory royal speech to a joint session of the estates, an element known only from the legacy hint and left unadmitted here.
Sources
- Louis XVI Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
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