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Period: to
French Revolution
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Convening the Estates General
Louis XVI calls the estates general on the issue of tacing the nobility -
TENNIS COURT OATH
THE 3RD ESTATE BREAKS INTO A TENNIS COURT AND VOWS NOT TO LEAVE UNTIL THEY'RE HEARD. -
STORMING THE BASTILLE
PEOPLE STORM THE BASTILLE TO GET GUNPOWDER. -
GREAT FEAR STARTS
PEOPLE REVOLT AGAINST NOBILITY. -
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN
STATED THE RIGHTS OF MEN IN FRANCE -
WOMEN MARCH ON VERSAILLES
WOMEN MARCH TO VERSAILLES TO COMPLAIN TO THE KING FOR BREAD. -
LOUIS'S FLIGHT TO VARENNES
LOUIS TRIES TO ESCAPE THE COUNTRY AND GETS CAUGHT IN VARENNES. -
CONSTITUTION OF 1791
FRENCH WRITE UP A NEW CONSTITUTION. -
BRUNSWICK MANIFESTO
PRUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS WARN PARISIANS NOT TO HARM THE ROYAL FAMILY. -
NATIONAL CONVENTION
FRENCH FORM THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. -
REIGN OF TERROR
ROBESPIERRE COMMANDS MASS EXECUTIONS FOR "ENEMIES OF THE REVOLUTION." -
THE DIRECTORY
WAS A BODY OF 5 DIRECTORS THAT GOVERNED FRANCE. -
NAPOLEON COMES TO POWER
NAPOLEON SIEZES POWER AND BEOMES DICTATOR OF FRANCE. -
CONCORDAT OF 1801
PAPER THAT MADE ROMAN CATHOLOCISM THE MAJOR RELIGION. -
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
AMERICANS BUY THE FRENCH TERRITORY IN THE FROM NAPOLEON. -
NAPOLEONIC CODE
NAPOLEON CREATES A CODE. -
NAPOLEON BECOMES EMPEROR
ON THIS DAY, NAPOLEON CROWNS HIMSELF EMPEROR (LITERALLY)! -
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
FRENCH AND SPANISH NAVIES FIGHT THE BRITISH NAVY. -
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM
A LARGE SCALE EMBARGO AGAINST THE BRITISH. -
PENINSULAR WAR
WAR WHERE FRANCE AND SPAIN ATTACKED PORTUGAL AND THEN FRANCE TURNED ON SPAIN. -
INVASION OF RUSSIA
FRANCE INVADES RUSSIA AND FAILS. -
NAPOLEON'S EXILE TO ELBA
NAPOLEON GETS EXILED TO THE ISLAND ELBA. HE LATER ESCAPES. -
BATTLE OF WATERLOO
NAPOLEON LEADS THE FRENCH ARMY AT WATERLOO AND LOSES TO THE PRUSSIANS. -
NAPOLEON'S EXILE TO SAINT HELENA
NAPOLEON GETS EXILED TO ST. HELENA ISLAND AND DIES THERE.
