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Palace of Versailles Built
The Palace of Versailles was built 12 miles from France. It was the family home of King Louis -
King Louis Changes Paris to Versailles
Versailles before the reign of Louis was mainly used as a royal hunting lodge; but Louis had other plans for that. In 1661, he expanded it to make it his personal palace. Upon its completion in 1682, Louis moved there and changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil facing Paris. -
King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
At Versailles, Louis, the French dauphin, marries Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria, its longtime enemy. -
Tennis Court Oath
a commitment to a national constitution and representative government, taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizens
This defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
Women’s March on Versailles
The march symbolized a new balance of power that displaced the ancient privileged orders of the French nobility and favored the nation's common people -
Bastille is Stormed
The purpose was to get ammunition and arms. At the time, over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder was stored at the Bastille. -
The Reign of Terror
A period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution. -
King Louis XVI is executed
A secret cupboard containing proof of Louis' counter-revolutionary beliefs and correspondence with foreign powers was discovered in Tuileries Palace. He was brought to trail for treason and executed by guillotine