enlightenment and french revolution

By jake.roberts
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    Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military officer and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796

  • May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General

    marking the beginning if the french revolution.

  • Tennis Court Oath

    never to stop meeting until a construction had been established.

  • Storming of the Bastille

    It demonstrated that a force of people could challenge a monarchy and overpower it.

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Liberty, Property, Safety and Resistance to Oppression.

  • Women's March on Versailles

    women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789

  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    by guillotine
  • Period: to

    Reign of Terror

    to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution

  • Maximillian Robespierre's execution

    He was executed by guillotine

  • Napoleonic Code is established

    still extant, with revisions. It was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America.

  • Napoleon Crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. According to legend, during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff

  • Peninsular War

    The Peninsular War was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

  • Napoleon and his men march on Russia

    French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon's Grande Armée of more than 500,000 European troops

  • Napoleon is exiled to Elba

    They exiled him to the Mediterranean island of Elba