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When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
He moved to the capital of France in 1682. He also moved there to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to. -
When king Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
They got married because France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria, its longtime enemy. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution began in May 1789 when the Ancien Régime and abolished in favour of a constitutional monarchy. -
Tennis Court Oath
It happend on 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath. -
Bastille is Stormed
On 14 July 1789, a famous state prison on the east side of Paris, that was known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. -
When the Declaration of the rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
On 26 August 1789, the French National Constituent Assembly issued the Declaration of the rights of Man. -
Woman's March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles, it was also known as the October March, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. -
King Louis is executed XVI
King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris on January 21. -
The reign of Terror
It was also known as the also known as The Terror, this was a period of violence when the French revolution was going on. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d'Etat on the weak and corrupt Directory.
On (November 9–10, 1799), coup d'Etat that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
Napoleonic Code, French Code Napoléon, French civil code enacted on March 21, 1804, and still extant, with revisions. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor
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Napoleon as Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium and was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. -
when he was exiled
Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped to France in early 1815 -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
In October 21, 2008 in the summer of 1812 Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armée, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River. -
Palace of Versailles built
The Palace of Versailles was home to the royal family. It was built till 1634.
