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King Louis XVI was crownd King
King Louis XVI was a unique king, He was quiet and he was married to Marie Antonionette. His coronation date was June 11 1775. -
Calling of the Estates General
This was a meeting representing the french estates. The Clergy (First Estate), The Nobles (Second estate), and the Comon People (Third Estate) -
Formation of the National Assembly
This was an assembly formed by the Thid Estate -
The Tennis Court Oath
the 3rd Estate was locked out of the meeting room at Versailles! and Members pledged to stay until a new constitution was establish. -
Attack on the Bastile
a mob searching for gunpowder and arms stormed the Bastille and Bastile was a Prsion in Paris. -
Great Fear
There was no food and people were starving. -
French Women force Louis XVI to leave Versailles
Prices were to high and they needed food. -
Declaration of war against Austria
the National Assembly divided France deeply through several dubious policy initiatives. and It treated as rebels all noblemen who fled the country from fear of riots, confiscating their estates. -
The National Convention is formed
the National Assembly set aside the constitution and created a new governing body known as the National Convection. and -
Louis XVI is executed
King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. and being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention. -
Reign of Terror
Prussia and Austria urged France to restore Louis XVI and hid power and Prussians threatened to destroy Paris if he revolutionaries harmed the royal family . -
The Thermidorian Reaction
was a revolt within the French Revolution against the leadership of the Jacobin Club over the Committee of Public Safety. It was triggered by a vote of the National Convention to execute Maximilien Robespierre, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, and several other leading members of the revolutionary government. -
The Directory is formed November 2nd 1795
was the government of France during the penultimate stage of the French Revolution. The five directors exercised power, only one of whom, Lazare Carnot, has a reputation for leadership or political sagacity. -
Napoleon Takes power November 9th 1799
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. -
Napoleon Invades Russia
when Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. -
Napoleons defeat at Waterloo June 1815.
At Waterloo in Belgium, Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington, bringing an end to the Napoleonic era of European history.
