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Jacques-Louis David, The Tennis Court Oath
During the French Revolution (20 June 1789), commoners and lesser members of the clergy (the Third Estate) were ordered to disband by King Louis VIV. They refused to do so until a new French Constitution had been adopted, and declared themselves the National Assembly.
