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John Locke's ideas that influenced the French revolution
John Locke's most influential ideas were natural rights, particularly the right to life, liberty, and property. -
Baron de Montesquieu's idea that effected the French Revolution
Baron de Montesquieu's idea was the separation of powers which proposed dividing governmental power into three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, thus stopping tyranny by ensuring that no branch gets too powerful -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ideals that influenced the French Revolution
Jean-Jacques Rousseau had the idea of social contract, which puts the power into the hands of the governed -
Marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI is 15 and Marie Antoinette is 14 on this day, when they get married, they did not consummate the relationship because procreation was very painful for Louis -
Louis XVI becomes king
Louis XVI gets crowned king because his grandfather died on this day. He was 20 years old when this happened, and still has not had a kid, which is building a bad reputation for him and Marie. -
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Queen Marie Antoinette's spending period
All of Marie's spending is believed to have contributed massively to the country's debt. -
Calling of General Estates
Louis XVI called the general estates to solve the country's debt problem. This led to the revolution building and eventually taking control of the populace. -
National Assembly forms
When the Assembly forms, they take an oath, which is known to this day as the Tennis Court Oath, to meet there every day until they have formed a draft constitution agreed upon by all members and those who would be governed by it. -
Storming of the Bastille
The populace of France, enraged by the county's continued debt and near economic ruin, decide to act and storm the Bastille, a symbol of monarch rule and where most never come back. -
The returning of the royal family to Paris.
This is the day that the royal family no longer lived in the Palace of Versailles, but now lived in the royal palace in Paris. As they were returned, the people chanted "To Paris!" "To Paris!" -
Napoleon joins a regiment at Auxonne
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Napoleon is promoted to Lieutenant
Napoleon also gets reassigned to the 4th artillery regiment at Valence -
Flight to Varennes
The royal family unsuccessfully tries to flee Paris on the night of June 20th, but were caught before they could get away. -
Execution of Louis XVI
Louis XVI tries talking to the crowd before his execution, but the people drowned him out with drums and executed him. -
Committee of Public Safety is created
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Marat assassinated by Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday hears about how his press is causing much harm to the people of the revolution, so she decides to kill him in hopes of saving the spirit of the revolution, but it only made things worse. -
Robespierre takes his place in the Committee of Public Safety
Robespierre joins the committee of public safety and begins adding ideas and becomes the main voice of the committee. -
Reign of Terror starts.
On this day, Robespierre initiates the reign of terror, Marat and he fuel the killing and anger of the revolution. -
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Reign of Terror
Ropspierre starts this, and it is essentially military law, you could get guillotined for anything, even if it wasn't actually true -
Execution of Marie Antoinette
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Maximilien Robespierre executed by guillotine
The Jacobins are ambushed, and Robespierre is silenced by a bullet to the jaw, later that day, he is executed and is one of the last few to be killed by guillotine. -
End of the French Revolution
Napoleon appointing himself first consul is what most consider the end of the french revolution, as the people of France are satisfied that things are going to change for the better, as it institutes the beginning of a new republican government. -
Napoleon Bonaparte orchestrates coup d'état
Known as the Coup of 18 Brumaire, it effectively overthrew the French Directory and brought Napoleon to power as the First Consul of France -
Napoleon names self Emperor
On this day, after several military victories, Napoleon crowns himself emperor, which signifies that he governs the people, not the state, which a king would rule. he would then conquer most of Europe, before being banished to an island, until his death.