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louis xvi calls the estates general
The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General.
The Estates-General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems. -
Tennis Court Oath
In the Tennis Court Oath, representatives of the non-clergy and non-nobles of France swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for France.
The Oath signified for the first time that French citizens formally stood in opposition to Louis XVI. -
Parisians storming the bastille
The people of Paris seized weapons from the armoury at the Invalides and marched in the direction of an ancient Royal fortress, the Bastille.
signalled the start of the French Revolution, -
Writing of the declaration of the rights of men
It outlined the natural and legal rights of French citizens and limited the power of King Louis XVI.
is a fundamental document of the French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners, -
March on Versailes
This became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris.
one of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris. -
King Louis XVII begins his reign
, after the death of his chief minister Cardinal Mazarin, when the King famously declared that he would take over the job himself.
he was a strong-willed ruler who was determined to make his subjects obey him and to make his kingdom the predominant power in Europe. -
Execution of the king and queen
beheaded by the guillotine at the Place de la Révolution (now the Place de la Concorde) in Paris, France.
This signals the most violent phase of the French Revolution. -
Reign of terror
The Reign of Terror , or simply the Terror (la Terreur), was a climactic period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution (1789-99),
The Reign of Terror instituted the conscripted army, which saved France from invasion by other countries and in that sense preserved the Revolution -
Napoleon overthrows the directly
overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte
This marks the end of the French Revolution and the start of the Napoleonic era. -
Napoleon builds an empire
He wanted to control the rest of Europe and to reassert French power in the Americas.
through the legal system known as the Napoleonic Code -
Napoleon invades Russia
The result was a disaster for the French
the defeat led to the fall of Napoleon and his French empire in the nineteenth century. -
6th coalition occupies paris
A battle fought on March 30–31, 1814 between the Sixth Coalition—consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia—and the French Empire.
and a number of German states finally defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba. -
The congress of vienna meets
that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars.
The purpose of the Congress of Vienna was mainly to reinstate borders to pre-1793 Europe. -
Napoleon defeated at waterloo
The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.
, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever. -
Establishment of the new french constitution
Redefining the organization of the French government, citizenship, and the limits to the powers of government, the National Assembly set out to represent the interests of the public.
it limited the powers of the monarchy of France, delegated legislative powers to an elected National Assembly, and created an elected judiciary.