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Palace of Versailles is Built
The Palace of Versailles was the principal royal residence of France from 1682, under Louis XIV, until the start of the French Revolution in 1789, under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, in the region of Île-de-France, about 20 kilometres southwest of the centre of Paris. -
King Louis moves 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. Credit: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/versailles-capital-kingdom-1682 -
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Napoleon as Emperor
Napoléon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. -
When King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
New Queen of France. Was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. Born an archduchess of Austria. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution began in May 1789 when the Ancien Régime was abolished in favour of a constitutional monarchy. Its replacement in September 1792 by the First French Republic led to the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 and an extended period of political turmoil -
Tennis Court Oath
Pivotal Event in the French Revolution. The Third Estate and voted, "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established". -
Bastille is Stormed
It started/happened in Paris, France in 1789. The Prison represented Royal Authority in the center of Paris. It was stormed by revolutionaries causing the prison to surrender, starting the french revolution. -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
The French National Constituent Assembly made the, "Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen." ( Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen ) This Created Individual and Collective Rights at the time of the Revolution. -
Women’s March on Versailles
Was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. -
King Louis XVI is executed.
He is executed via guillotine. This happened in place da la revolution in Paris. -
The Reign of Terror
In the french revolution, massacres and public executions were taking place publicly and commonly. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
coup d'état that 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. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
Napoleonic Code, French Code Napoléon, French civil code enacted on March 21, 1804, and still extant, with revisions. ... It was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
On May 18, 1804, 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 French invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 and in France as the Russian campaign, began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian Army. -
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. -
when was 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.
