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The Estates-General meets and the king moves from Versailles to Paris.
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The king attempts to flee from France and a new constitution is introduced in France.
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Former King of France Louis XVI was executed by guillotine. The National Convention had taken power a few months earlier
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War of the First Coalition – The Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria following decisive French military victories.
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Creation of the bank of France.
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Nepolean gains contro of France and builds an Empire.
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Victor of Averyon,a feral child,emerged from French forests on his own.
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Napoleon's army in Egypt surrendered to Turkish and English forces.
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Alexandre Dumas covered these years of French history in an 1869 serialized novel printed in the journal, "The Universal Monitor."
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In Saint-Domingue (later Haiti) Gen,Toussaint L’Ouverture surrendered to French forces.
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Prosper Merimee,an archeiologist playright,was born in Paris,France.
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George Sand,a French novelist,was born. She wrote 80 novels that included "Consuelo" and "La Comtesse de Rudolstadt”.
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The Treaty of Schönbrunn, also known as the Treaty of Vienna, ended hostilities between France and Austria.