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Emma Long French Revolution Timeline

By emmalong14

  • Meeting of the Estates General

    Meeting of the Estates General
    The first estate was the clergy, the second estate was nobility, aand the fourthh estate was the rest of France. The meeting of the estates was a time whe the third estate could be heard by the king.

  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille
    A prison in Paris, the Bastille was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison represented the monarchy's dictatorial rule

  • Delaration of the Rights of Man

    Delaration of the Rights of Man
    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen), passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil right

  • Women March on Versailles

    Women March on Versailles
    Women wererioting over the scarcity and high price of bread.

  • Flight of Varennes

    Flight of Varennes
    Flight to Varennes during the night of 20/21 June 1791 was when King Louis XVI of France, his wife Marie Antoinette fled to Austira.

  • War is declared by France on Austria

    War is declared by France on Austria
    The French armies lacked organization and discipline. Auttria and Prussia were allies and were under control Charles William Ferdinand.

  • King Louis XVI executed

    King Louis XVI executed
    King Louis XVI was convicted of having a conspiracy with foregin powers.King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

  • Beginning of the Reign of Terror

    Beginning of the Reign of Terror
    This was a perioid of violince during the French Revolution. Girondins and the Jacobins were enemys. Many people were excecuted by the guilloitine

  • Maximillien Robespierre executed

    Maximillien Robespierre executed
    The National Convention arrested Maximillien Robespierre because he was a huge fan of execution. He executed around 17,000 people.

  • Napolean Crowns Himself Emperor

    Napolean Crowns Himself Emperor
    At the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor. He snached the crown from Pope Pius VII and crowned himself.

  • Congress of Vienna

    Congress of Vienna
    It wanted to establishg a new balence in Europe to prevent imperialism, and maintain peace between powers.

  • Triumphant Return of Napoleon to Paris after Exile

    Triumphant Return of Napoleon to Paris after Exile
    Napoleon returned while the Congress of Vienna was sitting. On 13 March, seven days before Napoleon reached Paris, the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw.

  • Battle of Waterloo / Napoleon's 2nd Abdication and Exile

    Battle of Waterloo / Napoleon's 2nd Abdication and Exile
    After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo,Napoleon returned to Paris in the hope of retaining political support for his position as Emperor of the French instead of remaining in the field with his shattered army.