Timeline Monday 20 July 1789

Events on Monday 20 July 1789 1

• 1789 The Great Fear sweeps rural France Peasant panic and anti-feudal uprisings across the countryside Rumors of an aristocratic conspiracy and roaming bandit gangs triggered widespread panic in the French countryside. Peasants attacked manor houses and destroyed feudal records and dues documents. The unrest pressured the National Assembly toward abolishing feudal privileges.