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Avsikutism and the French Revolution
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Louis died.
Louis died. His five-year-old son Louis XIV succeeded him. Cardinal Mazarin became regent. -
Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Westphalia ended the war with France obtaining the better bargain, and annexing eastern territories. -
Treaty of Ryswick
Treaty of Ryswick: End of the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance. Territorial changes were made in Europe and the colonial empires of the countries involved. -
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THe Monarchy
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Napoleon Born
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Napoleon Army
Napoleon ended up at the military college of Brienne, where he studied for five years, before moving on to the military academy in Paris. -
The Bastille is Stormed
The Bastille Prison was attacked by an angry mob on this day. They wanted the weapsons, ammunutuin and they freed the prisoners. -
The Guillontine
Former King of France Louis XVI was executed by guillotine. The National Convention had taken power a few months earlier. -
Revolutionary Paris
Revolutionary Paris sections took over the Convention, calling for administrative and political purges, starting 1-year and 2 months of what is known as the Reign of Terror. -
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The Terror
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Committee of Public Safety
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The Republic
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The Queen
Former Queen of France Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine. -
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The Directory
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Napoleon escapes an assassination attempt
Threats against the life of Napoleon Bonaparte were not rare as his manner of ruling France did outrage many on all sides of politics. Royalists were the main plotters, although Napoleon preferred for political reasons to blame the rival Jacobins. Royalist plotters had positioned a horse and wagon bearing a barrel filled with gunpowder and shrapnel on the Rue Saint-Nicaise and lit the fuse as Bonaparte's carriage neared. Speed of the vehicle led to the bomb exploding seconds after he passed. -
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Napoleon Emperor
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Napoleon
Napoleon was declared Emperor by the Senate, marking the beginning of the First French Empire and the end of the French Consulate. -
Napoleon becomes emperor
Napoleon went mad with power and crowed himself emperor. he liked the was of the Roman's. -
Napoleon invades Russia
The campaign began on 24 June 1812, when Napoleon's forces crossed the Neman River. Napoleon aimed to compel Emperor of Russia Alexander I to remain in the Continental Blockade of the United Kingdom -
Second Restoration
Second Restoration: With Napoleon exiled in Saint Helena, the House of Bourbon was again restored. Louis XVIII became King of France until his death on 16 September 1824. -
Napoleon died in...
Napoleon died in 1821. Defeated and sent to 2nd exile in the south Atlantic.
