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meeting with the Estates-General
The Estates-General met on May 5, 1789 at the Menus-Plaisirs building in Versailles, France, marking the beginning of the French Revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event in the French Revolution that took place on June 20, 1789 -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille, which took place on July 14, 1789, in Paris, France, was a pivotal moment in the French Revolution where a large crowd of Parisians stormed and seized control of the Bastille fortress, -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The "Declaration of the Rights of Man" is a document from the French Revolution that proclaims the natural and inalienable rights of all men, including liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression, asserting that all individuals are born free and equal in rights -
Women's March on Versailles
October 5, 1789 during the French Revolution. The march was a response to food scarcity and the king's soldiers' anti-revolutionary actions. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793, during the French Revolution -
Maximilien Robespierre's execution
Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence and mass executions during the French Revolution, lasting from September 5, 1793 to July 27, 1794 -
Napoleonic Code is established
The Napoleonic Code, also known as the Civil Code of 1804, was established -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris in a ceremony that broke with tradition in several ways -
Peninsular War
a conflict that took place from 1808 to 1814 on the Iberian Peninsula, involving the British, Spanish, Portuguese, and French armies -
Napoleon and his men march on Russia
The invasion marked the beginning of Napoleon's disastrous march on Moscow -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
after his defeat in the Battle of Lipsia and the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau -
Napoleon dies
stomach cancer, exacerbated by bleeding gastric ulcers