# Fête de la Fédération (1790)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1790-fete-de-la-federation
Location: Paris

A mass ceremony celebrated constitutional unity one year after the Bastille’s fall. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Louis XVI (King of France). Fête de la Fédération is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Fête de la Fédération is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

Ruler at the time: [Louis XVI](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xvi)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Fête de la Fédération](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=F%C3%AAte+de+la+F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Fête de la Fédération](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=F%C3%AAte+de+la+F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)