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Palace of Versailes Built
Louis XIV wanted to show that France could produce mirrors just as fine as those produced in Italy. -
Move capital of France fom Paris to Versailles
By moving it his court and government to Versailles Louis XIV hope to extract more control of the government from the nobility and to distance himself from the population of Paris. -
Kinf ouis married Marie Antoinette
France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria. Maire was 14 years old when she got married and he was 15 years old. -
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Frech Revolution
During the French Revolution, many people were sent to The Guillotine to be beheaded. Many more were beheaded in the years following the French Revolution as well - in an era known as the 'Reign of Terror. ' -
Tennis Court Oath
A revolutionary act that displayed the belief that political authority came from the nation's people and not from the monarchy. -
Bastille was stormed
was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
The French National Constituent Assembly issued the declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
Womens march on Versailles
Encouraged by revolutionary agitators, they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles. -
The Reign of Terrot
The terror was a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution. -
King Louis XVI is executeed
He was convicted of high treason and some other crimes, resulting in his execution. -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory
Coup d'état 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. -
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Napoleon as emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
The resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. The Civil Code (renamed the Code Napoleon in 1807) addressed mainly matters relating to property and families. -
Napolean crowns himself emperor
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Napoleon failed to conquer Russia in 1812 for several reasons: faulty logistics, poor discipline, disease, and not the least, the weather. -
When he was exiled
emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Battle of the waterloo
During the Hundred Days, the period from Napoleon's escape from exile to the return of Louis XVIII.