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Palace of Versailles built
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When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
1682 it was changed when it was finished building -
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When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
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french revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
commitment to a national constitution and representative government
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Bastille is Stormed
The Storming of the Bastille was an event that occurred in Paris, France
The storming of the Bastille symbolically marked the beginning of the French Revolution, -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
On 26 August 1789, the French National Constituent Assembly issued the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789 -
King Louis is executed XVI
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The Reign of Terror begin
sep 5 1793 it was started due to violence . gov ordered the arrest of many -
The Reign of Terror end
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Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
coup d'état 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
nacted on March 21, 1804, the resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. 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, and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Meeting only sporadic opposition and defeating it easily along the way, the huge army moved -
When he was exiled
On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
