# Louis XVI - King of France

URL: https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xvi
Reign: 1774–1792
Born-Died: 1754 - 1793
Dynasty: Bourbon
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Louis+XVI&go=Go

Reform attempts failed amid fiscal crisis; the Revolution ended the monarchy and he was executed in 1793.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Louis XV](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xv)
- Succeeded by: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1774 - [Louis XVI becomes king](https://history-france.com/timeline/1774-louis-xvi-becomes-king)
- 1774 - [Turgot appointed controller-general](https://history-france.com/timeline/1774-turgot-appointed-controller-general)
- 1776 - [Turgot dismissed](https://history-france.com/timeline/1776-turgot-dismissed)
- 1778 - [France enters American War of Independence](https://history-france.com/timeline/1778-france-enters-american-war-of-independence)
- 1781 - [French victory at Chesapeake contributes to Yorktown](https://history-france.com/timeline/1781-french-victory-at-chesapeake-contributes-to-yorktown)
- 1783 - [Treaty of Paris and Versailles end American war](https://history-france.com/timeline/1783-treaty-of-paris-and-versailles-end-american-war)
- 1785 - [Diamond Necklace Affair damages monarchy](https://history-france.com/timeline/1785-diamond-necklace-affair-damages-monarchy)
- 1786 - [Calonne proposes sweeping fiscal reform](https://history-france.com/timeline/1786-calonne-proposes-sweeping-fiscal-reform)
- 1787 - [Assembly of Notables rejects fiscal program](https://history-france.com/timeline/1787-assembly-of-notables-rejects-fiscal-program)
- 1788 - [Day of the Tiles](https://history-france.com/timeline/1788-day-of-the-tiles)
- 1788 - [Estates-General summoned for 1789](https://history-france.com/timeline/1788-estates-general-summoned-for-1789)
- 1789 - [Estates-General opens](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-estates-general-opens)
- 1789 - [Third Estate declares National Assembly](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-third-estate-declares-national-assembly)
- 1789 - [Tennis Court Oath](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-tennis-court-oath)
- 1789 - [Storming of the Bastille](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-storming-of-the-bastille)
- 1789 - [Great Fear](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-great-fear)
- 1789 - [Abolition of feudal privileges](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-abolition-of-feudal-privileges)
- 1789 - [Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen)
- 1789 - [Women’s March on Versailles](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-women-s-march-on-versailles)
- 1789 - [Church property nationalized](https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-church-property-nationalized)
- 1790 - [France reorganized into departments](https://history-france.com/timeline/1790-france-reorganized-into-departments)
- 1790 - [Civil Constitution of the Clergy](https://history-france.com/timeline/1790-civil-constitution-of-the-clergy)
- 1790 - [Fête de la Fédération](https://history-france.com/timeline/1790-fete-de-la-federation)
- 1791 - [Flight to Varennes](https://history-france.com/timeline/1791-flight-to-varennes)
- 1791 - [Champ de Mars massacre](https://history-france.com/timeline/1791-champ-de-mars-massacre)
- 1791 - [Constitution of 1791 adopted](https://history-france.com/timeline/1791-constitution-of-1791-adopted)
- 1791 - [Le Chapelier Law suppresses guilds and worker combinations](https://history-france.com/timeline/1791-le-chapelier-law-suppresses-guilds-and-worker-combinations)
- 1791 - [Emancipation of French Jews](https://history-france.com/timeline/1791-emancipation-of-french-jews)
- 1792 - [France declares war on Austria](https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-france-declares-war-on-austria)
- 1792 - [Demonstration invades Tuileries](https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-demonstration-invades-tuileries)
- 1792 - [Storming of the Tuileries](https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-storming-of-the-tuileries)
- 1792 - [September Massacres](https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-september-massacres)
- 1792 - [Battle of Valmy](https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-battle-of-valmy)
- 1792 - [Monarchy abolished; First Republic proclaimed](https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-monarchy-abolished-first-republic-proclaimed)
- 1792 - [Battle of Jemappes](https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-battle-of-jemappes)