Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath (French: serment du jeu de paume) was a pivotal event during the French Revolution.
The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 out of the 577 members from the Third Estate and a few members of the First Estate during a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789 in a tennis court building near the Palace of Versailles.
“We swear never to separate ourselves from the National Assembly, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the realm is drawn up and fixed upon solid foundations.”
— Members of the Estates-General
