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King Louis moves the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
the king transformed the royal hunting lodge in Versailles where he played as a boy into a monument of royal opulence. -
King Louis marries Antoinette
at the age of fifteen, Louis-Auguste married the fourteen-year-old Habsburg Archduchess Maria Antonia -
Palace of versailles
Built to act as the official residence of the French monarchy during the reign of Louis XIV. -
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French Revolution
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tennis court oath
commitment to a national constitution and representative government, taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles. -
bastille is stormed
revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. -
Declaration of The Rights of Man
The basic principle of the Declaration was that all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” -
Women's March on Versailles
they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles.The crowd besieged the palace, and in a dramatic and violent confrontation, they successfully pressed their demands upon King Louis XVI. -
king Louis execution
Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary government, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. He was guillotined -
Reign Of Terror
period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place -
napoleon launches Coup d’Etat
The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France and in the view of most historians ended the French Revolution. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. -
creation of napoleonic code
General Napoleon Bonaparte, as the new emperor of France, began the arduous task of revising France's outdated and muddled legal system. He established a special commission -
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Napoleon as emperor
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napoleon crowns himself emperor
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, -
defeat in russia
The invasion of Russia effectively halted Napoleon's march across Europe, and resulted in his first exile, to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
battle of waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe. -
napoleon exile
Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped to France in early 1815 and 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.
