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French Revolution

  • Royal Family confined to Tuileries

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    Moderate Period: 1789-1792

  • Period: to

    French Revolution: 1789-1821

  • Estates-General meet

  • National Assembly is Formed

  • Citizens storm the Bastille

  • Great Fear sweeps France

    Great Fear sweeps France
  • Declaration of Rights of Man Issued

  • Poor women of Paris march on Versailles

  • Civil Constituition of the Clergy adopted

  • Royal family attempts to Flee France

  • Constitution creates limited monarch

  • Period: to

    Radical Period: 1792-1794

  • Paris Mob invades Tuileries Palace

  • France becomes a Republic

  • Citizens Attack Paris Prisons

    Citizens Attack Paris Prisons
  • Louis XVI beheaded

    Louis XVI beheaded
  • Committe is Public Safety is created

  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror
  • Marie Antoinette is Beheaded

    Marie Antoinette is Beheaded
  • Robespierre is Beheaded

    Robespierre is Beheaded
  • Period: to

    Reaction Period: 1795-1799

  • Third Contitution is Adopted

    Third Contitution is Adopted
  • Directory takes Power

  • Napolean becomes First Consul

  • Period: to

    Age of Napolean: 1799-1815

  • Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt

  • Concordat with Catholic Churches

  • Napolean Named Consul for Life

  • Napoleonic Code adopted

  • Napolean becomes Emperor

  • Battles of Austerlitz and Trafalgar

  • Napoleon's Army invades Spain

    Napoleon's Army invades Spain
  • Napoleon invades Russia, retreats

  • Napoleon is sent into exile, St. Helena

  • Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes Throne

  • Napoleon returns from Elba exile

  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo
  • Napoleon Dies