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The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes
This is a book written by Hobbes that talks about the Leviathan that was public. It is referred to as the biblical leviathan. -
The publication of the Social Contract by Rousseau
The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights. Rousseau argues that laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people. -
Napoleon Birth
Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769, in the Corsican city of Ajaccio. He was the fourth of eleven children of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Romolino. -
Louis XVI is crowned
Louis XVI was crowned on June 11.1775.This made him King of France. -
King Louis XV First Child
King Louis XV died on 10 May 1774 after contracting smallpox. Marie, who was not yet 19 years old, became Queen of France when her husband inherited the throne as King Louis XVI. Marie gave birth to the couple's first child, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, in December 1778. -
Napoleon Early Ages
At age ten, he was allowed to enter French military schools for aristocrats and was sent in 1779, with his older brother Joseph, to the College of Autun in Burgundy, France. Napoleon later transferred to the College of Brienne, another French military school. -
Tennis Court Oath
On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution. -
Storming the Bastille
The rebel Parisians stormed the Bastille was not to free any prisoners but to get ammunition and arms. At the time, over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder was stored at the Bastille, But to them, it was also a symbol of the monarchy's tyranny. -
The Terror (peasants attacking landowners)
In an effort to appease the peasants and forestall further rural disorders, on 4 August 1789 formally abolished the "feudal regime", including seigneurial rights. This led in effect to a general unrest among the nobility of France. -
Womens march on Versailles
A crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians, including some men, and marched toward Versailles, arriving soaking wet from the rain. The King agreed to meet with some of the women and promised to distribute all the bread in Versailles to the crowd. -
The first Constitution of France
The short-lived French Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. One of the basic precepts of the revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty. -
The publication of L’Amie de Peuple
Peuple was a newspaper written by Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. "The most celebrated radical paper of the Revolution", according to historian Jeremy D. -
Execution of Louis XVI and/or Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI was guillotined in the Place de la Révolution on January 21, 1793. His wife, Marie Antoinette, met the same fate nine months later, on October 16, 1793. Their young son, Louis-Charles, died in prison where living conditions were horrible.Jan 16, 2020 -
Formation of the committee of Public safety
To protect France against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the government. They were also trying to stop and prevent monopolies in France. -
The massacre in Lyon
The Siege of Lyon occurred on 9 August to 9 October 1793 when French Republican forces laid siege and captured the city of Lyon, which was the centre of a revolt against the French government during the War of the First Coalition. -
Execution of Danton
On 30 March 1794, the two committees decided to arrest Danton and Desmoulins, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Pierre Philippeaux, without chance to be heard in the Convention. ... Legendre attempted to defend Danton in the Convention but was silenced by Robespierre. -
Execution of Robespierre
After a year of harsh rule by Robespierre, many of the revolutionary leaders had had enough of the Terror. They turned on Robespierre and had him arrested. He was executed, along with many of his supporters, by guillotine on July 28, 1794. -
Napoleon First Steps to Becoming Emperor
In 1798, he led a military expedition to Egypt that served as a springboard to political power. He won many battles here and almost gained control. -
Napoleon Becoming Emperor
He orchestrated a coup in November 1799 and became First Consul of the Republic. Napoleon's ambition and public approval inspired him to go further, and he became the first Emperor of the French in 1804. -
Napoleons Death
Napoleon died on May 5,1821 from cancer. He died at Longwood House, Longwood, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
