French Revolution Timeline

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  • French and Indian War

    This war lasted seven years. It was a large war between Great Britain and France. It started in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763
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    Louis XVI

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

    She was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution
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    Maximillian Robespierre

    One of the best known French lawyer, politician, and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte

    He was a French statesman and a military leader. He also led successful campaigns during French Revolutionary wars.
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    The End of the Revolution?

    This war was also known as the American War of Independence. It was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence as the United States of America.

  • Tennis Court Oath

    This was a very important historical event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate.

  • Storming of the Bastille

    A state prison on the east side of Paris was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens

    The most important papers of the French Revolution, it explains a list of rights, such as freedom of religion, speech, assembly and separation of powers.

  • Women's March on Versailles

    A crowd of angry women demanding for bread for their families. Other Parisians and men marched also down towards Versailles.

  • Reign of Terror

    A period of violence between the Girondins and Jacobins during the French Revolution.

  • Battle of Trafalgar

    This was a naval event that was fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies,

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    This war was also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors and was one of the most important and decisive event of the Napoleonic Wars.

  • Invasion of Russia

    Also known as the Patriotic War of 1812 and in France as the Russian Campaign began. Napoleon's Grande Army crossed the Neman River in an attempt to defeat the Russian army.

  • Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to Elba

    Allies invaded France and captured Paris.

  • Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to St. Helena

    Allies invaded France and captured Paris in the spring of 1814 which forced Napoleon to abdicate in April.

  • Battle of Waterloo

    This battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.