On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established." Led by the comte de Mirabeau, It was a pivotal event in the early days of the French Revolution.

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'The Illustrated History of the World' Published by Ward; Lock & Co; 1890

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