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The concordat
The Concordat of 1753 was a concordat of 23 articles, between His Catholic Majesty (Fernando VI of Spain) and the Pope (Benedict XIV); agreed and signed in Rome (Quirinal Palace) on January 11, 1753 by Cardinal Valenti and Manuel Ventura Figueroa. -
Asalt ti Bastille
The storming of the Bastille took place in Paris on Tuesday, July 14, 1789. Although the medieval fortress known as the Bastille only held six prisoners, its fall into the hands of the Parisian revolutionaries symbolically marked the end of the Old Regime and the starting point of the French Revolution. -
Creation of the civil code
It is the fundamental and basic law of Spanish civil law, although it does not regulate all matters of civil law. It was promulgated on July 24, 1889 and came into force three days later, during the regency of María Cristina and the minority of Alfonso XIII. -
The coalition
The coalition began with the invasion of French territory by Austria and Prussia, and as an offensive response, France declared war on the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria on April 20, 1792, a war that was soon joined by the Kingdom of Prussia, Great Britain, Spain and other states. -
France declare de war to Austria
The coalition began with the invasion of French territory by Austria and Prussia, and as an offensive response, France declared war on the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria on April 20, 1792, a war that was soon joined by the Kingdom of Prussia, Great Britain, Spain and other states. -
The jacobins
The day of August 10, 1792 was an insurrection, during the French Revolution, which ended the monarchy of Louis XVI, which is why it is also known as the "second revolution." The main event was the storming of the Tuileries Palace by the insurgents, members of the Parisian sections and the sans-culottes of Paris, together with the "federated" troops. -
Constitution
The French Constitution of 1791, the first written constitution in French history, was promulgated by the National Constituent Assembly on September 3, 1791 and accepted by Louis XVI.1 It contained the reform of the French State, leaving France configured as a constitutional monarchy . -
Robespierre is ejecuted
On July 27, 1794, Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The next day Robespierre and 21 of his followers were taken to the Place de la Révolution (now the Place de la Concorde), where they were executed by guillotine before a cheering crowd. -
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Louis XVIII
When the young Louis XVII, the son of Louis XVI, died in prison in June 1795, Louis XVIII succeeded his nephew as the "titular" king of France in exile. Louis XVIII spent twenty-three years in exile (1791-1814). ... Louis XVIII would be the last French monarch to exercise the government until his death. -
The battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, on December 2, 1805, pitted a French army led by Emperor Napoleon I against the combined Russian-Austrian forces of Russian Tsar Alexander I and Austrian Emperor Francis I in the context of the Napoleonic Wars. It was one of Napoleon's greatest victories, as the First French Empire finally crushed the Third Coalition after almost nine hours of difficult combat. -
Prussia
On October 14, 1806, the Prussian army, a reference in Europe for half a century, was defeated in two simultaneous battles. ... Marshal Davout, commanding the right wing of the French army, faced the Prussians at Auerstädt, while Emperor Napoleon did so at Jena. -
The battle of friendland
The Battle of Friedland was a warlike confrontation between France and Russia that took place on June 14, 1807, and which resulted in the victory of the French troops of Emperor Napoleon I of France over the Russian troops of General Bennigsen. -
Napoleon is abdicated
In 1814, Napoleon abdicated at Fontainebleau, being exiled to the island of Elba, from where he managed to escape. For Napoleon, being forced into a second abdication and facing a second banishment was not easy, but he accepted his defeat with integrity. -
The period of the hundred days
The period known as the Hundred Days (in French: les Cent-Jours), or Waterloo Campaign, runs from March 20, 1815, the date of Napoleon's return to Paris from his exile on Elba, to July 8, 1815, date of the second restoration of Louis XVIII as King of France. -
Napoleon is defeated
The Waterloo Campaign (June 15 – July 8, 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army, that defeated Napoleon in the decisive Battle of Waterloo, forced him to abdicate for the second time, and ended the Napoleonic Era.