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Palace of Versailles
It was intended to glorify King Louis XIV. Was transformed by the best architects and decortors. -
Palace of Versailles built
Built to glorify the king. Built by best architects and decorators. -
Capital Moved
In 1661, he began expanding it into his personal palace. Upon its completion in 1682, Louis moved in and changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to. -
When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
In 1661, he began expanding it into his personal palace. Upon its completion in 1682, Louis moved in, and changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to. -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria, its longtime enemy. Married her when she was 14. -
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French Revolution
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French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established". It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution. -
Bastille is Stormed
A state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, 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 defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
French National Constituent Assembly issued the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen. It defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
Women’s March on Versailles
It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king. In 1789 France, the main food of the commoners was bread. A poor French economy had led to a scarcity of bread and high prices. -
King Louis is executed XVI
King Louis XVI was 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. -
period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between two rival political factions.
Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins -
Napoleon launched a Coup d'Etat on the weak and corrupt Directory
It overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
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Napoleon as Emperor
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Creation of the Napoleonic Code
It codified several branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property and family. The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
The Napoleonic invasion of Russia served as a major turning point in European history as the defeat led to the fall of Napoleon and his French empire in the nineteenth century. Napoleon's armies marched into Russia in 1812 in an attempt to force Tsar Alexander I to cease trading with Britain. -
Battle of Waterloo
It brought an end to the Napoleonic Wars once and for all. Finally, thwarting Napoleon's efforts to dominate Europe and bringing about the end of a 15-year period marked by near-constant warring. -
Napoleon Exiled
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.
