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National assembly
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estates general meet
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National assembly is formed
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Citizens storm the bastille, great fear sweeps France
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Napoleon invades Egypt
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Third constitution is adopted
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Declaration of the rights of man issued
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Poor women of Paris march on Versailles
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Civil constitution of the clergy adopted
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Royal families confined to Tuileries, attempt to flee
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Constitution creates limited monarchy
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France becomes a republic
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National assembly (Radical)
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Paris mobs invade Tuileries palace
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Citizens attack Paris prisons
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King Louis XVI gets beheaded
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Public safety committee created
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Marie Antoinette is beheaded
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Reign of terror, Robespierre is beheaded
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Directory
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Directory takes power
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Age of Napoleon
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Napoleon becomes first consul
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Concordat with Catholic church
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Napoleonic code adopted
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Napoleon named consul for life, becomes emperor
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Battle of Austerlitz & Trafalgar
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Napoleons army invades Spain
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Napoleon invades Russia and retreats
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Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne
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Napoleon is exiled to St. Helena, returns
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Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon dies