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Marriage
19 April, 1770, King Louis XVI marries Marie Antoinette as a piece treaty between France and Austria. -
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French Revolution
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Estates General
5 May, 1789, Many members of the Third Estate formed themselves into a National Assembly, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution. -
National Assembly
17 June, 1789, The National Assembly signified the intolerance of injustice against the Third Estate and also the push to the start of the French Revolution -
Flight to Varennes
20 June 1789, King Louis's family tries to flee to Varennes, Austria in bakers clothing. The King's family was caught and now everybody believes them to be traitors. -
Fall of Bastille
14 July, 1789, The Fall of Bastille symbolizes the start of the French Revolution. -
Women March on Versailles
5 October, 1789, The women's demonstration gathered a crown and soon they besieged the palace and pressed their demands to King Louis XVI. The next day the King and his family were returned to France. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
21 January, 1793, King Louis XVI was tried and found guilty of treason and was publicly executed by the guillotine. -
The Execution of Marie Antoinette
16 October, 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed because she did not know how to rule as Queen. The people did not like her because she only cared about herself and not the people or anything outside of France. -
Execution of Robespierre
28 July 1794, Robespierre was held under house arrest and his friends tried to rescue him, and in an attempted suicide Robespierre failed and shot off his lower jaw. He too became a victim of his own creation.
