French Revolution By tbohaty 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man issued 1789 Citizens storm the Bastille 1789 National Assembly is formed 1789 Estates-General meets 1789 Poor women of Paris march on Versailles 1789 Royal family confined to Tuileries Period: 1789 to 1789 Great Fear sweeps France Period: 1789 to 1792 Moderate Phase of the French Revolution 1790 Civil Constitution of the Clergy adopted 1791 Royal family attempts to flee France 1792 France becomes a republic 1792 Paris mob invades Tuileries palace 1792 Louis XVI beheaded 1792 Citizens attack Paris prisons Period: 1792 to 1794 Radical Phase of the French Revolution 1793 Committee of Public Safety is created 1793 Marie Antoinette is beheaded Period: 1793 to 1794 Reign of Terror 1794 Robespierre is beheaded 1795 Third Constitution is adopted 1795 Directory takes power Period: 1795 to 1799 Reaction Phase of the French Revolution Period: 1798 to 1801 Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt 1799 Napoleon becomes First Consul Period: 1799 to 1815 Age of Napoleon Phase 1801 Concordat with Catholic Church 1802 Napoleon named consul for life 1804 Napoleonic Code adopted 1804 Napoleon becomes emperor Period: 1805 to 1805 Battle of Austerlitz and Trafalgar Period: 1808 to 1815 Napoleon's army invades Spain Period: 1812 to 1812 Napoleon invades Russia, retreats 1813 Battle of Leipzig 1814 Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne 1815 Battle of Waterloo 1815 Napoleon returns from Elba exile 1815 Napoleon is sent into exile, St. Helena 1821 Napoleon dies
