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Prerequisites to the French Revolution.
In 1778 France suffered from a severe winter, this caused the harvest to be pour. With poor harvest the price of bread skyrocketed in Paris causing bread riots. This paired with the fact that France had been hemorrhaging money and was broke in 1789. -
Louis XIV Calls Estate General
Fearing an economic crisis at hand King Louis called the Estates General to discuss the matters of raising taxes. This caused the First(Nobility) and Second(Clergy) Estate to team up and deny higher taxation for them and instead claim the Third(Common Folk) estate should be taxed more, who barely had enough money to survive. This caused outrage among the common folk were they seceded and formed the National Assembly. -
Storming of the Bastile
Following the creation of the National Assembly King Louis XIV ordered the army to disband the group. On July 14 a mob formed, fearing the army and stormed the bastille in order to find weapons to protect themselves. This event later became a symbol of the fight against the monarchy -
Coalition of the Estates under National Assembly
On July 17 1989, members of the First and Second state, fearing the future, joined the Third Estate in the National Assembly and Changed the name to the National Assembly of France. -
Tenis Court Oath
After being locked out of it's meeting hall, the National assembly flee to a nearby tennis court where the take the Tennis Court oath vowing not to leave until they have drafted the new constitution. -
Women's March on Versailles
Outrage by the cost of bread, women from the markets of Paris march on to the palace of Versailles where they besieged the palace and captured King Louis XIV. -
The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Seeing the mistreatment they had felt under the monarch the National Assembly creates it own version of the bill of rights and guarantees the freedom of every man at birth. -
The Constitution of 1791 sets up a constitutional monarchy in France
On this day the members of the newly found convention derail the power of the kind and transform France from an Absolute Monarchy to a Constitutional Monarchy, limiting his power. -
Louis XIV Executed
Following the Capture and Trial, King Louis XIV is punished for his crimes against France, in an act of hate for his leadership. Where he exclaimed "my people I die innocent!" and may or may not have song "Viva La Vida". -
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Robespierre's Reign of Terror
Becoming President of the National convention, the prosecutor of King Louis XIV, led a term of radicalism with some 17,000 enemies of the revolution executed in his time. This ultimately ended with the execution of Robespierre himself. -
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The Directory is Installed
The French Directory or Directorate, was a Government propped up by the French Revolution by the Constitution of the Year III(as France no longer used the Gregorian Years but rather years since the start of the resistance). This government was a bicameral legislature. -
Napoleon is Declared First Consul
Following a successful coup 3 years earlier where Napoleon overthrew the government and gained major power within the government, Napoleon made it to where his was effectively king granting himself autorotate power and a hereditary claim. -
Napoleon Declares Himself Emperor
On this historic date Napoleon defies the ruling of the Church and ordanes himself as the Emperor of France. It is said that this view of himeself later changed and he felt he was the Emperor of Europe -
Napoleon is Defeated at Waterloo
Whilst campaigning in Europe Napoleon is faced with the Duke of Wellington and Marhsal Blücher. The Battle ends as as a loss for Napoleon and marks the end of his conquest permately. -
Napoleon is Exiled to Saint Helena
Following his defeat in Waterloo, Napoleon is exiled to the Island of Saint Helena under British watch. Napoleon does escape and makes and effort of reestablishing his empire but is foiled quickly.