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Louis XVI Crowned king of France
Louis XVI was the last King of France before the French Revolution.
When Louis XVI acceded to the throne he was nineteen years old. -
American revolution begins
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt. The Navigation Acts were passed to ensure that trade enriched only Britain, barring trade with other nations. -
The calling of the Estates General
The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate the nobility, and the Third Estate effectively the rest of French society. Third Estate breaks away from Estates-General, and establishes itself as National Assembly -
The reformation of the Nation Assembly
The Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly of France.The laws the Assembly enacted in these first days were acts claiming the prior taxation laws to be illegal and making promises to institute new, fairer legislation -
The tennis court Oath
Tennis Court Oath was a dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the third estates. They took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. -
The attack on Bastille
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. -
French Women force Louis XVI to leave
Rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. They ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles. -
Declaration of War against Austria
Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would unify the country. The Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria. -
The National Convention is formed
The National Convention was the second government of the French Revolution, following the National Assembly. It was the first French government organized as a republic, abandoning the monarchy altogether. -
Louis XVI was executed
The execution of Louis XVI,was done by a guillotine. Condemned to death by a large majority. (Pretty Hated) -
The reign of terror
It ended with the fall of Robespierre in July 1794.There were 16,594 official death sentences in France, of which 2,639 were in Paris -
The Thermidorian reaction
The French politician Maximilian Robespierre was denounced by members of the National Convention as "a tyrant". Robespierre was declared an outlaw, and condemned without judicial process and executed the next day. -
The directory was formed
The French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years.Inheriting many of the centralized powers of the former Committee of Public Safety, -
Napoleon takes power
The coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France, and, in the view of most historians, ended the French Revolution. Dazzled by Napoleon's campaign in the Middle East, the public received him with an ardor that convinced Sieyès he had found the general indispensable to his planned coup -
Napoleon Invades Russia
Napoleon Bonaparte is generally regarded as one of history’s top military tacticians. Napoleon won some initial victories against his enemies, but he suffered a crushing defeat in October 1813 at the Battle of Leipzig. -
Napoleons defeat at Waterloo
A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated.The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium,
