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citizens storm and capture the Bastille
citizens take pikes and pitchforks and storm the fort -
National Assembly decrees Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
states that all men are equal and should have the same rights -
Louis XVI attempts to flee to Varennes but is recognised and forcibly returned to Paris. He is returned to Paris and stripped of his title.
Louis XVI attempts to flee to Varennes but is recognised and forcibly returned to Paris. He is returned to Paris and stripped of his title. -
Assembly declares King inviolable and restores his prerogatives.
He is stripped of his title. -
France declares war on Austria, but French army flees at sight of the enemy
Austria is at war because of the Royal family is hostage but there army is to great for the French. -
Trial for Louis begins
The trial for King Louis XVI begins. For trying to leave the country he is put on trial. -
Louis XVI is executed
Louis XVI is executed. For crimes of treason he is executed -
Marat put on trial for complicity in September massacre but is acquitted.
He was accused of causing the masscacre but is found innocent. -
Marat, “the people’s friend,” murdered by Charlotte Corday.
She kills him for having so many people executed. -
Corday executed amid popular outrage.
She is executed but calm for killing Marat -
Marie-Antoinette tried and executed.
She is accused of aiding the enemy and is tried and executed. -
Robespierre becomes a dictator
he basically becomes a dictator and rules over France. -
Robespierre decreed the new religion of the Supreme Being.
He declared the Supreme Being the new religion. -
Start of mass trial and execution
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Convention calls for arrest of Robespierre. Robespierre attempts insurrection which flops, is arrested and executed. After about 150 of his supporters are done away with, the Terror is over.
The convention is afraid they are on the list so tehy have him executed. -
The Churches re-open for Christian worship.
The Supreme Being is no more and Christianity is again the religion. -
Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy.
He becomes the commander of Italy. -
100s of supporters of Babeuf attack palace of the Directorate but are routed.
They attack the palace but are unsuccessful. -
Babeuf and his supporters are convicted but take their own lives.
They are convicted for attacking the palcae but kill themselves instead of being executed. -
Directorate resigns.
He resigns his title. -
Napoleon Bonaparte named “First Consul,” now the effective dictator.
He declares himself the dictator of France. -
Napoleon becomes emperor
He declares himself emperor.