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Palace of Versailles Built
Has a hallway with a total of 357 mirrors -
King Louis moves the capitol of France from Paris to Versailles
rebellions started breaking out in Paris so King Louis decided to move to Versailles in order to escape -
King Louis and Mary Antoinette get married
The couple gets married at age 15 and 14 -
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French Revolution
French Revolution broke out because middle and lower class began to notice how unfairly they were being treated -
Tennis Court Oath
Third Estate locks themself in a tennis court in order to find a solution and come up with a constitution -
Bastille is Stormed
A Paris mob raids the prison/armory in search of mass amounts of weapons and ammo to be able to supply themselves and take a stand -
Women's march on Versailles
Women are tired of food shortage and march to Versailles to demand it and end receiving what they went there for -
King Louis is executed
After jeopardizing France's economy and many other things King Louis is officially exectued -
Reign of Terror begins
A period in time where France has mass public executions and torture. -
Napolean launches a Coup d'Etat on corrupt directory
Napoleon launches mission to overthrow corrupt government -
Napoleonic Code comes to life
Was one of the first law/codes in France. Was also amended many times -
Napoleon crowns himself emporer
Napoleon is crowned emporer is the Notre Dame cathedral -
Napolean is defeated in Russia
Napolean leads his army into Russia to invade and hopefully take over. But the Russians decide not to fight them but to let the harsh winter fight them -
Napoleon is exiled
Napoleon's reign over Europe is over and he is exiled to Elba -
Battle of Waterloo
Was actually fought in Belgium and was Napoleon's final defeat
