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Palace of Versailles
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King Louis moves to Versailles
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King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
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Period: to
French Revolution
5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799 -
Tennis Court Oath
20 June 1789 -
Bastille is Stormed
July 14, 1789 -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
August 26, 1789 -
Women's March on Versailles
October 5, 1789 -
King Louis XVI is excuted
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The Reign of Terror
Sept. 5, 1793 -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
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Creation of the Napoleonic Code
March 21, 1804 -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
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Period: to
Napoleon's Reign
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Defeat in Russian Campaign
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Napoleon is Exiled
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Battle of Waterloo