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Palace of Versailles built
The Palace of Versailles was Louis XIII's hunting lodge before his son transformed and expanded it. The Palace of Versailles is in Paris. The Palace is full of paintings, sculptures, the house of mirrors, and technological innovations. The Palace of Versailles was important because of the members of the third estate, it represented the success and failure of the king and queen as the French Revolution began. -
When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
He moved in , in 1682 because he wanted to get away from the turmoil Paris was subject to. He invited all of the aristocracy to live with him. H didn't like them, but he did it so he could control them. -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette she was only 14 years old and he was 15. They were married in Vienna. When they got married they did not even know each other. There were over 5,000 guests, and a crowd of 200,000 watched the concluding fireworks display. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
Napoleon was a French military leader and emperor who conquered a lot of Europe in the early 19th century. After taking political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. -
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French Revolution
It was a period of major social rise that started in 1789 and ended in 1799. It was to try to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to re identify the nature of political power. -
Tennis Court Oath
The French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath on June 20, 1789. The Tennis Court Oath was important because it showed the growing trouble against Louis XVI and laid/made the foundation for later events. 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 an important event in the French Revolution. -
Bastille is Stormed
The Bastille was a state prison on the east side of Paris that was was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the biggest/important moments in the Revolution . -
When The Decoration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
The Decoration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen had a major affect on the development of freedom and democracy in Europe and worldwide. It is important because it is a essential/needed document of the French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners. It talks about separation of power, the right of freedom, right of religion, right of speech and ideas of liberty. -
Women´s March on Versailles
It was also known as the October March and it was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The women were angry because they needed bread to feed their families. So, a lot of women got together and marched toward Versailles. The King agreed to meet with some of the women and promised to give all the bread in Versailles to the crowd. -
King Louis is executed XVI
King Louis XVI was executed because he was convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers. He was sentenced to be killed by the French National Convention. Louis XVI was killed by the guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
The Reign of Terror
It was a time of fighting/ violence during the French Revolution worked up by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins .Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. During that time there was over 50,000 French citizens killed. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d´Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory
It overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and switched the Consulate, making way for the despotism for Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
Creation of the Napoleon code
It arranged/ made several branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property and family. The Napoleonic Code made the power of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
When Napoleon crowned himself it was because he would not be controlled by Rome or submit to any power other than himself. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Napoleon hoped to force the Emperor of Russia , to cease trading with British merchants through proxies in an effort to pressure the United Kingdom to sue for peace. It was the defeat/downfall that led to the fall of Napoleon and his French empire in the 19th century. -
When Napoleon was exiled
He quit twice but the second time he was exiled to the island of Saint Helena, in the southern Atlantic Ocean. H lived there until he died. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's forces were beat by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France's rule in Europe.
