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When he was exiled
After his defeat at the battle of Warterloo, the former emperor was placed in a wretched home on a remote island. In 1815 he abdicate his throne and surrendered to the British. -
Palace of Versailles built
was the principal residence of the French Kings and the seats of government from 1682 to 1789. originally a hunting lodge, it was enlarged by Louis XIII and Louis XIV -
When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
By building Versailles, Louis shifted the seat of the French government away from the feuding, gossiping, trouble and making noble families in Paris. Louis XIV hoped to extract more and distance himself from the population of Paris. -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI was the last Bourbon King of France who was executed in 1793 for treason. After a slew of governing missteps, Louis XVI brought the french revolution crashing down upon himself. -
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a climatic period of state-sanctioned violence during the french revolution. The Terror was the culmination for years. -
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French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a key moment that set off the french revolution. The men of the national assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been establish. -
Bastille is Stormed
Hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a state prison, seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners. The prison was attacked and overtaken by protesters at the start of the French Revolution. -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
The Declaration of the rights of man and of citizen came into existence in the summer of 1789, born of an idea of the Constituent Assembly. These rights are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression. -
Women’s March on Versailles
concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplace of Paris led the march on Versailles. On the morning of October, women in the marketplaces of Paris were near rioting over the high prices and scarcity of bread. -
King Louis XVI is executed
Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the revolutionary government, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. citizen Capet, as he was the called, was found guilty by the national convention condemned to death on January 18, 1793. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
Coup d’Etat that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French revolution. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
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Creation of the Napoleonic Code
The 1804 Napoleonic code, which influenced civil law codes across the world. The Napoleonic code made the authority of men over their families stronger. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. During the crown from the hands of pope plus VII and crown from the hands of the authority of the Pontiff. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
fewer than 100,000 made it out who followed napoleon into Russia. The Russia flooded into central Europe taking up Prussia and Austria as allies. -
Battle of Waterloo
The decisive battle of it's age concluded a war that had raged for 23 years. It ended french attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.