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Moderate
The moderate phase of the National Assembly turned France into a constitutional monarchy. -
Estates General meets
The Estates General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm -
National Assembly is formed
The National Assembly existed from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789, it was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General. -
Citizens attack Paris prison
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. -
Citizens attack Paris prison
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. -
Citizens storm the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Great Fear sweeps France
In the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate. -
Great Fear sweeps France
In the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate. -
Declaration of the rights of man
Set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. The Declaration was originally drafted by the Marquis de Lafayette, in consultation with Thomas Jefferson. -
Poor women of Paris march on Versailles
Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted
was a law passed in July of 1790 during the French Revolution, that caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government. -
Royal family attempts to flee france
The royal Flight to Varennes (French: Fuite à Varennes) during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant episode in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, his queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution. -
Royal Family confined to Tuileries
The royal family was confined to the Tuileries Palace. From this point forward, the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic became an ever-increasing possibility. -
Constitution creates a limited monarchy
Created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. -
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Radical
The monarchy was abolished and a republic was established. War continued throughout Europe. After the radicals gained control, those who were against the revolution were subject to arrest or execution. -
Paris mob invades Tuileries palace
The Insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. -
France becomes a republic
Following the aftermaths of the Revolution of 1789 and the abolishment of the monarchy, the First Republic of France is established on September 22 of 1792. -
Louis XVI beheaded
One day after being 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. -
Committee of Public Safety is created
The Committee of Public Safety was set up on April 6, 1793, during one of the crises of the Revolution, when France was beset by foreign and civil war. -
Reign of Terror
Also known as The Terror, was a period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between two rival political factions. -
Marie Antoinette is beheaded
Marie Antoinette's trial began on 14 October 1793, and two days later she was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed, also by guillotine, on the Place de la Révolution. -
Robespierre is beheaded
Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, the next day Robespierre and 21 of his followers were taken to the Place de la Révolution. -
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Reaction
the parliamentary revolt initiated on 9 Thermidor, year II, which resulted in the fall of Maximilien Robespierre and the collapse of revolutionary fervour and the Reign of Terror in France. -
Third Constitution is adopted
The Constitution of the Year III is the constitution that founded the Directory. Adopted by the convention on 5 Fructidor Year III -
Directory takes power
Immediately after the suppression of royalist uprising in Paris, the elections for the new Councils decreed by the new Constitution took place. 379 members of the old Convention, for the most part moderate republicans, were elected to the new legislature. -
Napoleon invades Egypt
Napoleon led the French army into Egypt, swiftly conquering Alexandria and Cairo. -
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Age of Napoleon
Was considered to be one of history's greatest military leaders. He rose to prominence during the French Revolution (1787–99) and served as emperor of France from 1804 to 1814, and again in 1815. -
concordat with the catholic church
The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801 in Paris. It remained in effect until 1905. -
Napoleon named Consul for life
In August 1802, Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life. A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son, even though he had not yet fathered any children, and he had taken the major steps in creating a new regime in his own image. -
Napoleon becomes 1st Consul
In August 1802, Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life. A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son and he had taken the major steps in creating a new regime in his own image. -
Napoleonic Code
It codified several branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property and family. -
Napoleonic Code adopted
French civil code enacted on March 21, 1804, and still extant, with revisions. -
Napoleon becomes 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.Instead, he placed the crown on his own head, and then crowned Josephine Empress. -
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars. -
Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. -
Napoleon invades Spain
the French army occupying Portugal, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain. Thus began the Peninsular War, an important phase of the Napoleonic Wars that was fought between France and much of Europe between 1792 and 1815. -
Napoleon invades Russia
The Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon's Grande Armée of more than 500,000 European troops. -
Napoleon retreats from Russia
The French invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 and in France as the Russian campaign, was begun by Napoleon to force Russia back into the Continental blockade of the United Kingdom. -
Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig, contemporaneously called the Battle of Leipsic and later the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. -
Napoleon abdicates the thrown & Louis XVIII takes the thrown
Napoleon was forced to abdicate in April 1814 after his unsuccessful invasion of Russia resulted in a broad European alliance against him. In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Napoleon abdicated the throne and renounced his heirs' claim to any future throne in France. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
Napoleon's broken forces gave up and Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son. When this offer was rejected, he abdicated and was sent to Elba -
Napoleon returns from Elba
The Hundred Days War, also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition, marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. -
Napoleon exiled to St. Helena
Napoleon was exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. -
Napoleon dies
Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. Six years later, he died, most likely of stomach cancer, and in 1840 his body was returned to Paris, where it was interred in the Hotel des Invalides.