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King louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are excuted
Second Act execuated the king after being found guilty of treason. King dies at the age of 38. Paris and Russia sing partition treaty which divides Poland. -
louis XVI calls the estate general
King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd Estate. Had not met in 175 years -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. The prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of the abuses of the monarchy: its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. -
Declaration of the rights of man and other citizens
laid out a new vision of government, protection of natural rights replaced the will of the King as the justification for authority. Many of the reforms favored by Enlightenment writers appeared in the declaration: freedom of religion. "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be based only on common utility. " The purpose of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, -
women's march on versailles
The Women's March on Versailles, also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. -
declaration of the rights of woman and the female citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written in 1791 by French activist and playwright Olympe de Gouges "Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. Social distinctions may be based only on common utility." -
reign of terror
Reign of Terror, also called The Terror, French La Terreur, the period of the French Revolution from Sept. 5, 1793, to July 27, 1794 (9 Thermidor, year II). Caught up in civil and foreign war, the Revolutionary government decided to make “Terror” the order of the day (September 5 decree) and to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution -
Thermidorian reactions
Robespierre gets arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 enemies of the revolution. A vote from the Committee of Public Safety triggers his execution bringing an end to the most Radical phase of the revolution. -
Napoleon becomes the Emporer of france
Pope Puis VII crowns Napolean at the Notre Dame Cathedral. he was the first French emperor in a thousand years. -
napoleon's defeat at waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
