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estates general meating
The Third Estate (commoners) declares the National Assembly. Members of the Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath demanding certain rights from the king. -
storming of bastille
The French Revolution begins with the Storming of the Bastille. An angry and
aggressive mob attack the armory/ prison. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's
dictatorial rule -
declaration of rights of man
The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of man and of the
Citizen. -
jacobin club
The Jacobin Club is formed. Its members become some of the most radical leaders
of the French Revolution. -
storming of tuileres
Paris mob storms royal palace. Legislative Assembly falls. Minister of Justice Danton
purges thousands of presumed traitors. -
reign of terror
reign of terror took place when Robespierre executed suspected enemies of the
Revolution and to protect the country from foreign invaders. -
napoleon
napoleon one of the greatest military strategists in history, rapidly rose in the ranks
of the French Revolutionary Army France was at war with most of Europe at this time, and napoleon
is crowned. -
start of WWI
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. WORLD WAR I BEGINS -
battle of tannenburg
On the eastern front, Germans defeat the Russian Second Army and take over 92,000
prisoners at the Battle of Tannenberg -
tsingtao, china
JAPAN ATTACKS AND CAPTURES TSINGTAO, CHINA -
tsar nicholas II
citizens of Russia march on the capital, and tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate -
u.s. declares war
germans sink U.S. Aztec ship, and U.S. declared war -
bloshevik party
Bolshevik party changes their name to communist party. -
civil war in russia
Russian civil war begins because many groups opposed Lenin's Bolsheviks. -
war ends
Russian civil war ends -
tsar exectuted
tsar Nicholas II and his family are executed -
WWI ends
WWI ends, peace conference held to end it. -
stalin
Stalin was appointed general secretary -
lenin has stroke
Lenin has a stroke and retires from politics. The USSR is established -
lenin dies
Lenin Dies, and Stalin is to become his successor
