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  stoming of bastillethe storming of the bastile
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  first estate meet.first time the estates general meets in approximately 175 years
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  french revolution the french revolution beings
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  marie antoinetteking louis XVI and marie antoinette flee paris in disguises, but are caught
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  louisking louis XVI exeuctued by guillotine
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  robespierre and his supporters are executed; the reign of terror end
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  napoleon faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in paris
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  the french revolution ends
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  napoleon takes control of the french government
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  napoleon sells the louisiana territorry in north america to the united states
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  Napoleon crowning himself Emperornapoleon crowns himself emperor of france after a plebiscite
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  napoleon attemps to invade and take over russia; is forced to leave moscow
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  napoleon attemps to invade and takeover russia
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  napoleon defeated in leipzig
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  allies enter parisallies enter paris in triumph and force napoleon to surrender and is exiled to elba