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Palace of Versailles
The palace of Versailles is the royal principal residence of France in 1682. It is now a national landmark, it was one of the grandest theaters of European absolutism. -
King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
Around the year of 1661 he started to expand his palace and in 1682 Louis moved into his palace and he also changed the capital from Paris to Versailles. -
Tennis Court Oath
The people that are in the third estate took the Tennis Court Oath . This was a very important event to the French Revolution. It took place in Versailles France. -
Bastille is Stormed
The Bastille getting stormed happened on July 14th, 1789. It was attacked by a big aggressive crowd of people. And this event also become one of the defining moments in the revolution. 98 people were killed and 73 people were wounded. -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
The French national constituent declared the rights of men and citizen in which then made individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. It had a major impact on the development of freedom and democracy in Europe and worldwide. -
Women’s March on Versailles
It was called the women's march on Versailles but it was also known as the October March. It was one of the most significant events of the French Revolution.it started on October 5, 1789 and it took place in the Palace of Versailles. -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
On May 16th 1770 Louis was was 15 years old and she was 14 years old and they got married at a very young age and then they divorced in January 21 in 1793. -
The reign of terror
The reign of terror was a period of violence during the French Revolution that were cause by two rival groups. It started in September 5th 1793 and ended around July 28 1794. It happened in the French First Republic. -
King Louis is executed XVI
King Louis was sentenced to death by the French National Convection and he was then executed by the guillotine in the Palace de la Revolution in Pairs. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
When this event happened it overthrew the system of the government under the directory in France, and this event was viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. The problems that happened caused a civil war and to bring things back to normal the directory forced to put down riots and they would cancel elections when they didn't agree with the results. -
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Napolean as Emperor
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Creation of the Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic code codified several branches of the law and it divided people into different types of categories. The code also made the authority of men over their families stronger. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
On May 8th Napoleon crowned himself as emperor. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2nd in 1804. Napoleon didn't want to be controlled by Rome or have any power other than himself. And he was 35 years old when he crowned himself emperor. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
In the summer of 1812 Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armee and more than half a million strong on the banks of the Nieman river. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo took place on a Sunday, 18 1815. Napoleon won and it ended the seventh coalition. And it marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
When he was exiled
Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba he escaped France around 1815 and he created a big army that defeated Waterloo.Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son but when this offer was rejected he abdicated and was sent to Elba.
