French revolution 2

French Revolution Timeline

By mia_stanich_19
  • Louis XIV Spends $100 Million to Build Palace at Versailles

    Louis XIV Spends $100 Million to Build Palace at Versailles

  • Louis XIV Dies, Leaving France in Debt

    Louis XIV Dies, Leaving France in Debt

  • Enlightenment or Age of Reason Reaches its Height

    Enlightenment or Age of Reason Reaches its Height

  • Louis XVI Marries Austrian Marie Antoinette

    Louis XVI Marries Austrian Marie Antoinette

  • Louis XV Dies, also Leaving France in Debt from Wars Fought During his Reign; Louis XVI Takes Over

    Louis XV Dies, also Leaving France in Debt from Wars Fought During his Reign; Louis XVI Takes Over

    People of France are poor and hungry
  • Declaration of Independence is Written and the Colonists Win the American Revolutionin 1781

    Declaration of Independence is Written and the Colonists Win the American Revolutionin 1781

  • Peasants are Mad about New Tax Plan; Louis calls First of Estates-General in 175 years

    Peasants are Mad about New Tax Plan; Louis calls First of Estates-General in 175 years

  • The Third Estate Declared Themselves the National Assembly and made the Tennis Court Oath

    The Third Estate Declared Themselves the National Assembly and made the Tennis Court Oath

  • Fearing Louis would use Force to Dismiss the National Assembly, the People of Paris Stormed the Bastille

    Fearing Louis would use Force to Dismiss the National Assembly, the People of Paris Stormed the Bastille

    tore it down The Great Fear starts shortly after
  • Declaration of Rights of Man Written Garunteeing Freedoms of Equality, Press, Religion & Justice

    Declaration of Rights of Man Written Garunteeing Freedoms of Equality, Press, Religion & Justice

  • Royal Family Attempts to Escape but are caught and Arrested

    Royal Family Attempts to Escape but are caught and Arrested

  • Guillotine is Introduced

    Guillotine is Introduced

  • Jean-Paul Marat, a Member of the Radical Political Group Jacobins, is Stabbed in Bathtub by Charlotte Corday

    Jean-Paul Marat, a Member of the Radical Political Group Jacobins, is Stabbed in Bathtub by Charlotte Corday

  • Jacobin leader Maximillien Robespierre is Slowy Gaining Power - Wants to Erase France's Past

    Jacobin leader Maximillien Robespierre is Slowy Gaining Power - Wants to Erase France's Past

    becomes leader of Committee of Public Safety and rules France for next year like a dictator. His rule was known as The Reign of Terror.
  • King Louis is Executed by Guillotine

    King Louis is Executed by Guillotine

  • Marie Antoinette is Executed by Guillotine

    Marie Antoinette is Executed by Guillotine

  • Robespierre is Executed by Guillotine, Ending the Radical Phase of Revolution

    Robespierre is Executed by Guillotine, Ending the Radical Phase of Revolution