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Palace Of Versailles built
It was first a small residence and Louis XIII had rebuilt it in 1631 -
King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
Versailles was first used as a royal hunting lodge but Louis had something else planned for that. Louis had moved in and he had changed the capital from Paris to Versailles so he could escape the turmoil. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
It was a French military leader and emperor who had conquered much of the Europe in the early 19th century. -
King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette which is the daughter of Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. -
Bastille is stormed
Bastille was a state prison on the east side of Paris and it was attacked by a angry and aggressive mob. The prison had became a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule. -
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French Revolution
It began when the Ancien Regime was abolished in his favour of a constitutional monarchy and was an extended period of the political turmoil -
Tennis Court Oath
The members of the French Third Estate took the tennis Court Oath voting. It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Man and of the Citizen was written
The French National Constituent assembly had issued Declaration which had defined the individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
Women's March on Versailles
The women were concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread. The women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles. This march became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution and it was eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris. -
King Louis is executed XVI
King Louis was executed by Guillotine in place de la Revolution in Paris because he was convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and was sent to death by the French National Convention. -
The Reign of Terror
This time was a period of violence during the French Revolution that was incited by conflict that between two of the rival political factions. -
Napoleon Launches a Coup d'Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory
Coup d'etat that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and Substituted the Consulate. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
The code had enacted in March and still extant with revisions and it was the main influence on the 19th century civil codes of most of the countries of continental Europe and Latin America. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor
Napoleon had proclaimed himself emperor and had made Josephine Empress in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame located in Paris. -
Defeat in Russian campaign
The campaign had ended after close to six months with the last French troop leaving the Russian soil. They had proved a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. -
Battle of Waterloo
It was a conflict during the Hundred Days, the Period from Napoleon's escaped from exile to the return of Louis XVIII. -
When he was exiled
He was exiled to the island of Elba and he had escaped to France and raised a new Grand Army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo against an allied force.
