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Palace of Versailles built
Built in 1631
Is an opulent complex and former royal residence outside of Paris. It has held sway in the public imagination for years because of its architectural grandeur and political history. -
When King Louis move the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
1682
In 1661, he began expanding it into his personal palace. Upon its completion in 1682, Louis moved in, and changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
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When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
May 16,1770
Represented two famous people in Europe, marrying each other. She was 14 and he was 15. -
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. -
Bastille is Stormed
a state prison on the east side of Paris
was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. -
When the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution.
The French National Constituent Assembly issued it. -
Women's March on Versailles
a crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians.
The King agreed to meet with some of the women and promised to distribute all the bread in Versailles to the crowd. -
King Louis is executed XVI
King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. He got executed on January 21st. -
The Reign of Terror
A period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between two rival political factions. The Girondins and the Jacobins. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d'Etat on the weak and corrupt Directory
that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France
substituted the Consulate, making new for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
civil code enacted on March 21, 1804
was the main influence of the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor
He proclaimed himself emperor
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Defeat in Russian Campaign
Napoleon's edict barring trade with Great Britain was ruining the Russian economy. Tensions quickly escalated; every attempt to negotiate failed. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon rose through the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution, seized control of the French government in 1799 and became emperor in 1804. Napoleon's forces were defeated by the British and Prussians. -
when he was exiled
raised a new grand army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo against an allied force under Wellington on June 18, 1815. Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa.
