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French Revolution
The French Revolution happened because of the citizens being tired of living in poverty and economic standing. -
Women's March on Versaille
Thousands of French women stormed Versaille removing the royal family from the palace and taking them to their Paris house. They did this to show the royal family how horrible the food shortage was in France. They arrived at the palace soaked from the rain and upset about the shortage of food. -
The End of the French Revolution
The revolution ended with Louis' XVI and his wife's beheading and Napoleon Bonaparte rising to power during the chaos. -
King Louis XVi
Louis the sixteenth was the last king of France and husband to Marie Antoinette also a father to their four children. As being the last monarch and the start of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was born on 8/23/1754 to the Dauphin and Dauphine of France. -
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France and wife to Louis XVI also the mother of their four children. She was betrothed to Louis when she was 14, she also left her mother Empress Maria Theresa and father Emperor Francis I of The Holy Roman Empire. The last queen of France was born 11/2/1755 -
Battle of Trafalgar
The battle was a navel or oceanic battle between the joined forces of France and Spain against Great Britain. Trafalgar was the during the war of the third coalition of the Napoleonic Wars. -
Battle of Austerlitz
Otherwise known as the "Battle of The Three Emperors" this was the most important engagement of the Napoleonic wars. The battle was fought between French Empire and Russian Empire allied with Holy Roman Empire and Austrian Empire. Napoleon won and the treaty that ended the Third Coalition was signed ending the Napoleonic wars. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's Exile to Elba
After the Treaty of Fontainebleau Napoleon was forced to abdicate from his position as "President" of France. He was exiled to Elba, Italy an Island breaching off Italy and in the northern town of Portoferraio, Italy upon arriving in Portoferraio he was allowed to keep a six hundred man guard. -
Waterloo
Fought during the Hundred Year's war this was Napoleon's final battle. Defeated by Prussia allied with England in Belgium or what was part of the Netherlands during that time. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's Exile to St. Helena
Napoleon had escaped Elba, Italy and took France back over only to be defeated again and finally exiled to St. Helena, and Island of the coast of South Africa and Napoleon stayed there until his death in 05/21/1821 at the age of 51. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte had risen to power ending the French Revolution and bring France out of a terrible state. After the Battle of Waterloo he was exiled to Elba but escaped and ended up exiling at St. Helena for the rest of his days. He was born on 08/15/1769 and was a military leader during the French Revolution and led a coupe the did end the French Revolution.
