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Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles is a former royal residence located in Versailles, It was built as the symbol for Absolutism during the Ancien Régime. -
King Louis moved the capital
King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles. He did this because he wanted to live in Versailles. -
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette marry
Louis married Marie Antoinette, an Austrian dutchess. He did this in hopes their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria, its longtime enemy. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a commitment to the national constitution and representative government. It was taken at the Estates-General at Versailles. -
Bastille is Stormed
The Storming of the Bastille happened when revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille because they were in need of bullets for their guns. . At the time, the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
The French National Constituent Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
Women’s March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. It happened because of the outrageous price of bread. -
Louis XVI is executed
Louis was unwilling to give up his royal power to the revolution, causing him to be found guilty of treason and condemned to death. -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence and mass executions during the French Revolution. It was caused because of the injustice between the common people and the royalty of France -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat
Coup d'état overthrew the system of government in France. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
The Civil Code (renamed the Code Napoleon in 1807) addressed mainly matters relating to property and families. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Tsar Alexander I supposedly allied with Napoleon but refused to be part of the continental blockade of British goods any longer. This caused Napoleon to invade Russia. -
Napoleon exiled
Napoleon, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history gets banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba because of him stepping down for his son. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. It concluded a war.