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Louis XVI calls the estates general
A general assembly representing the french estates.It ended when the third estate ended when the third estate formed into a national assembly.Its important because its marked the start of the french revolution.Another reason is it was also the end of feudulism in France . -
tennis court oath
The tennis court oath representatives of the non clergy and non nobles of France swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for france.The oath makers were successful the french revolution soon tumbled out of control.The Oath signified for the first time that French citizens formally stood in opposition to Louis XVI. The National Assembly's refusal to back down forced the king to make concessions. -
Parisians storming the bastille
The morning of July 14, 1789 hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille a state prison seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners.The storming of the Bastille was a pivotal moment in the french revolution the violent result of a multitude of social, economic, and political crises.The storming of the Bastille in Paris France, on July 14 1789 signalled the start of the French Revolution, after which a republic was established based on the ideals of libertyequality and fraternity. -
March on versailles
The march of Versailles was a riot that took place during the first stage of the french revolution .It was also organized by woman in the market place of Paris.It was important because people were concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread .Eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris . -
establishment of the new french constitution
Following the Tennis Court Oath, the National Assembly began the process of drafting a constitution as its primary objective. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted on 26 August 1789 eventually became the preamble of the constitution adopted on 3 September 1791. -
reign of terror
The Reign of Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety. -
execution of the king and queen
King Louis XVI of France and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette were both beheaded by the guillotine at the Place de la Révolution (now the Place de la Concorde) in Paris, France. Louis XVI was executed on January 21, 1793, and Marie Antoinette was executed on October 16, 1793. -
writing of the declaration of the rights of man
The Marquis de Lafayette, with the help of Thomas Jefferson, composed a draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and presented it to the National Assembly on July 11, 1789.The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen helped to form the foundation of the French Revolution, in hopes of ending the monarchy and establishing a democracy in France. Nature made men free and equal; the distinctions between them are based on general utility. -
Napoleon overthrows directory
Coup of 18–19 Brumaire, (November 9–10, 1799), coup d'état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
napoleon builds an empire
Napoleon built his empire through conquest of territories belonging to his enemies. Napoleon greatly assisted in defeating the First Coalition in 1792–1797, in which the newly formed French republic annexed a part of the Rhine and also the formerly Austrian Netherlands, in addition to client states. -
Napoleon invades russia
On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon's Grande Armée of more than 500,000 European troops. -
6th coalition occupies
A war fought from March 1813 to May 1814 in which a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, and a number of German states finally defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba. -
king Louis XVIII begins his regin
The grandson of Louis XV and brother of Louis XVI, Louis Stanislas Xavier declared himself King of France in 1795, before officially becoming King Louis XVIII in 1814 at the fall of the Empire. -
the Congress of Vienna meets
The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Napoleon defeated at waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.