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Citizens storm the Bastille
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Poor women of Paris march on Versailles
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Estates General meet
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National Assembly formed
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Great Fear sweeps France
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Royal Family Confined
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Period: to
Moderate
May 1789:Estates General meets
June 1789:National Assembly formed
July 1789:Citizens storm the Bastille
July-August 1789:Great Fear sweeps France
August 1789:Declaration of the Rights of Man
October 1789:Poor women of Paris march on Versailles
October 1789:Royal family confined
July 1790:Civil Constitution of the clergy was adopted
June 1791:Royal family attempts to flee France
September 1791:Constitution creates a limited monarchy
August 1792:Paris mob invades Tuileries palace -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy was adopted
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Constitution creates a limited monarchy
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The Royal Family attempts to flee France
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France becomes a republic
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Paris mob invades Tuileries palace
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Period: to
Radical
September 1792 - France becomes a republic.
January 1793 - Louis XVI was beheaded.
April 1793 - Committee of Public Safety was created.
October 1793 - Marie Antoinette was beheaded.
July 1793-1794 - Reign of Terror.
July 1794 - Robespierre was beheaded. -
Committee of Public Safety created
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Louis XVI was beheaded
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Period: to
Reign of Terror
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Robespierre was beheaded
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Directory came into power
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Third Constitution was adopted
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Period: to
Reaction
August 1795 - Third Constitution was adopted.
November 1795 - Directory comes into power.
1798-1801 - Napoleon invades Egypt
November 1799 - Napoleon becomes first consul. -
Period: to
Napoleon invades Egypt
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Napoleon becomes first consul
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Period: to
Age of Napoleon
1798-1801:Napoleon invades Egypt
July 1801:Concordat with the Catholic Church.
August 1802:Napoleon named Consul for life.
March 1804:Napoleonic Code adopted.
May 1804:Napoleon becomes emperor.
October 1805:Battle of Trafalgar.
December 1805:Battle of Austerlitz.
1808-1815:Napoleon invades Spain.
January-December 1812:Napoleon invades Russia.
October 1813:Battle of Leipzig.
April 1814:Napoleon was exiled to Elba.
March 1815:Napoleon returns from Elba.
June 1815:Battle of Waterloo. -
Period: to
Age of Napoleon continued
April 1814 - Napoleon abdicates the throne and Louis XVIII takes the throne.
October 1815 - Napoleon exiled to St. Helena. -
Concordat with Catholic Church
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Napoleon named consul for life
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Napoleonic Code adopted
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Battle of Austerlitz
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Period: to
Napoleon invades Spain
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Napoleon invades Russia
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Battle of Leipzig
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Napoleon exiled to Elba
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Napoleon abdicates the throne and Louis XVIII takes the throne
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Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon exiled to St. Helena
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Napoleon returns from Elba
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Napoleon dies
