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Palace of Versailles was built
Louis XIII built a simple hunting lodge on the site of the Palace of Versailles in 1623. -
When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
Versailles became the headquarters of the government. Athough Paris never ceased to be the official capital, the decision made Versailles the de facto centre of the kingdom until 1789. -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
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When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen came into existence in the summer of 1789, born of an idea of the Constituent Assembly. -
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French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
In the Tennis Court Oath, representatives of the non-clergy and non-nobles of France swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for France. -
Bastille is Stormed
Hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a state prison, seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners. -
Women’s March on Versailles
Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles. -
King Louis XVI is executed
Louis XVI died at the guillotine -
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions that took place in response to revolutionary fervour. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
Coup d'état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
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Creation of the Napoleonic Code
The resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Napoleon's army eventually reached a Moscow abandoned and destroyed by the Russian army based on the scorched-earth policy. -
When Napoleon was exiled
Napoleon's exile on Elba, an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea just 10 miles from the Italian mainland. -
Battle of Waterloo
Marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.