French Revolution Timeline

By Harleigh Hamilton
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    Louis XVI

    Louis XVI was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
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    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution.
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    Maximillian Robespierre

    Maximillian Robespierre was a French lawyer. He was one of the best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

  • French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader. He rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns.

  • The End of the Revolution

    While American success in the Revolution seems very clear now days, it wasn't at the time of The End of the Revolution.

  • Tennis Court Oath

    The members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath

  • Storming of the Bastille

    A state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob.

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens

    Is a document from and about the French Revolution and in the history of human civil rights.

  • Women's March on Versailles

    One of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.

  • Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror is the label given by some historians to a period during the French Revolution after the First French Republic was established.

  • Battle of Waterloo

    The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1805, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

  • Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the British.

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    The Battle of Austerlitz was one of the most important and decisive Battle to ever take place.

  • Invasion of Russia

    The French invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 and in France as the Russian Campaign

  • Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to Elba

    The Allied Powers having declared that Emperor Napoleon was the sole obstacle to the restoration of peace in Europe.

  • Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to St. Helena

    The Allies responded by forming a Seventh Coalition, which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.