Third Estate (Communes)
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 5
- Years
- 1787–1789
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Third Estate (Communes), with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Convening of the Estates-General
1787–1789Role: Commoners' estate whose deputies verified their own powers and declared themselves the National Assembly on 17 June 1789
- Financial reform crisis preceding the summons
The Parlement of Paris refused to ratify Calonne's reform program in 1787; he was dismissed on 8 April 1787 after proposing a land tax.
- Royal summons of the Estates-General
Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General by royal edict dated 24 January 1789, following a suggestion from the 1787 Assembly of Notables.
- Opening session at Versailles, 5 May 1789
On 5 May 1789 the Estates-General convened in a temporary hall in the Hôtel des Menus Plaisirs courtyard at Versailles, under 1614 etiquette.
- Third Estate declares the National Assembly
On 13 June 1789 the Third Estate resolved to settle the powers of the three orders; on 17 June the Communes declared themselves the National Assembly.
- End of the Estates-General
The Estates-General ceased to exist once it became the National Assembly, renamed the National Constituent Assembly after 9 July 1789.
- Financial reform crisis preceding the summons
Sources
- Estates General of 1789 Wikipedia