Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 11 ga Yuli, 1789, Sarki Louis, yana aiki a ƙarƙashin rinjayar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, da matarsa, Marie Antoinette, da ɗan'uwansa, Count d'Artois, sun kori ministan mai gyara Necker kuma sun sake gina ma'aikatar gaba ɗaya. Yawancin Paris, suna zaton wannan shine farkon juyin mulki na sarauta, ya koma cikin tawaye. Wasu sojoji sun shiga cikin 'yan iska; wasu kuma sun kasance da tsakatsaki. A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1789, bayan sa'o'i hudu na gwagwarmaya, 'yan tawaye
sun kwace sansanin Bastille, sun kashe gwamnansa da kuma wasu daga cikin masu tsaronsa. Sarkin da magoya bayansa sojoji suka ja da baya, aƙalla na ɗan lokaci.