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palace of versailles was built
The Palace of Versailles was the place were king Louis XVI had built of the start of the French revolution. -
When king Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
King Louis XVI began expanding it into his personal kingdom, Louis moved in and changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the drama Paris was going through. -
When King Louis XVI married Mary Antoinette
The king was 15 and forced to marry a 14 Mary Antoinette so he can take the thrown from his fathers death. -
Tennis Court Oath
the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath voting "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established". It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution. -
Bastille is Stormed
A state prison in Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry citizens of the city. -
When The Declaration Of the Right Of Man and of the Citizen was written
the French National Constituent Assembly made up the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
Women's March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles was an important event at the start of the French Revolution. It gave them confidence in the power of the people over the king. -
King Louis XVI is executed!!!!
after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
THE REIGN OF TERROR!!!!!!!!!!
The Reign of Terror, was a period of the French Revolution when, following the beginning of the First French Republic, witch led to a series massacres and numerous public executions. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
coup d'état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
It codified several branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property and family. -
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Napoleon
Napoleon was a French military and political leader who rose to power during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armée, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River. -
When he was exiled
Napoleon's broken forces gave up and Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son. When this offer was rejected, he abdicated and was sent to Elba. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
