%0 Video %E Infobase, %E Arte France cinéma (Firm) %I ARTE France %D 2017 %C Place of publication not identified %G English %B Dates That Made History. %T June 20, 1789 : The Birth of the French Republic %X Because of its abstract nature, one tends to forget that the Tennis Court Oath was the key tipping point of the French Revolution, both from a symbolic and legal standpoint.