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1111 BCE
When he was exiled
Among those who accept a tradition (Jeremiah 29:10) that the exile lasted 70 years, some choose the dates 608 to 538, others 586 to about 516 (the year when the rebuilt Temple was dedicated in Jerusalem). -
Palace of Versailles built
It was initially built as a small hunting lodge but has had considerable expansions since that time. King Louis XIV was in charge of the construction of the Palace of Versailles -
When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
Upon its completion in 1682, Louis moved in, and changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to. He invited all of the aristocracy to live with him on the grounds, not because he liked them, but because he could control them -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
To consolidate this diplomatic reconciliation, Louis XV and Empress Maria Theresa decided to marry their respective children. -
Tennis Court Oath
We swear never to separate ourselves from the National Assembly, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the constitution of the realm is drawn up and fixed upon solid foundations. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate. -
Bastille is Stormed
The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming and was already scheduled for demolition, -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law. -
Women’s March on Versailles
“Now that bread cannot be had in Paris, let us go to Versailles and demand it there; once we have the King, Queen, and Dauphin in the midst of us, they will be obliged to feed us;” we will bring back “the Baker, the Bakeress, and the Baker's boy.” “We shall bring back the Queen's head on the end of a pike!”. -
King Louis XVI is executed
After voting unanimously to find the King guilty, the deputies held a separate vote on his punishment. By a single vote, Louis was sentenced to death, "within twenty–four hours." -
The Reign of Terror
"We do start at the end of the reign of terror of the Vikings."
"The Nigerian state responded by imposing a reign of terror." -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
Lucien, once again finding himself in a weak position in front of the députés, removed his president's sash and joined his brother outside. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
nacted on March 21, 1804, the resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. -
Napoleon as Emperor
He was the leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then of the French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and briefly again in 1815. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
On the 2nd of December 1804 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 -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition.