The Tennis Court Oath is taken in Versailles

When

20 Jun 1789

Kind

Event

Coordinates

48.80° N, 2.12° E

Description

The Tennis Court Oath is taken in Versailles.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Tennis Court Oath.

Event at the start of the French Revolution

The Tennis Court Oath was taken on 20 June 1789 by the members of the French Third Estate in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles. Their vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the constitution of the kingdom is established" became a pivotal event in the French Revolution.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “网球厅宣誓——法國大革命前夕，法國國王路易十六因反对将三级会议改为國民會議，封闭了会场。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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