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War against Austria
France declares war against Austria. They had seen the overthrow of Louis XVI, by the French people, and worried that revolutionary fervor would spread to their countries. However, the monarchs were too suspecting of each other to unite against France -
Dechristianization of France
A movement of termination of Catholic religious practice and of the religion itself. -
Tennis Court Oath
Members of the Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath demanding certain rights from the king. -
Storming of the Bastille
Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. -
"Flight to Varennes"
Occurs when the royal family, including King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, attempt to flee France. They are captured and returned to France. -
French Consitution of 1791
The first written constitution in France created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime -
The guillotine
The device is best known for its use in France, in particular during the French Revolution, where it was celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents -
King Louis XVI executed
One day 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. -
Creation of Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety, created in March 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–94), a stage of the French Revolution. -
Assassination of Marat
Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday, a Girondist sympathizer, while taking a medicinal bath for his debilitating skin condition. -
The Terror
A period of violence that occurred after the start of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution" -
The Law of Suspects
Anyone suspected of opposing the revolutionary government is arrested. Thousands of people will be executed over the next year. -
Mary Antonette Executed
Marie Antoinette was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason, and executed by guillotine on the 16 of October ,1793. -
The Directory
the French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799.The Directory is formed and takes control of the government of France. -
Napoleonic Code
A major step in replacing the previous patchwork of feudal laws.The Napoleonic Code influenced developing countries outside Europe, especially in the Middle East, attempting to modernize their countries through legal reforms -
The Coronation of Emperor Napoleon
a sacred ceremony held in the great cathedral in the presence of the Pope Pius VII. Napoleon brought together an assortment of different rites and customs, incorporating aspects of Carolingian tradition, the ancien régime and the French Revolution, all presented in sumptuous luxury. -
Battle of Trafalgar
A engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the reign of Louis XV -
Napoleon exiled to Elba
Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Exile to St. Helana Island
Napoleon's defeat came in June 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo.This time, the European powers were not going to take any chances on Napoleon's possible return. They exiled him to the island of St. Helena -
Congress of Vienna
The first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe which would prevent imperialism within Europe, such as the Napoleonic empire, and maintain the peace between the great powers. The second goal was to prevent political revolutions, such as the French Revolution, and maintain the status quo.
