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  • Louis XVI calls Estates General

    First meeting since 1614 to address France’s financial crisis

  • Tennis Court Oath

    Third Estate vows not to disband until a constitution is written

  • Storming of Bastille

    Revolutionary mob attacks royal prison, symbol of tyranny

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

    Key revolutionary document asserting liberty and equality

  • Louis XVI brought to Paris

    Royal family forced from Versailles to Paris by angry crowd

  • Execution of Marie Antoinette

    Queen executed by guillotine after Louis XVI

  • Execution of Louis XVI

    King beheaded for treason during the Revolution

  • Committee of Public Safety Created

    Emergency government to defend the Revolution
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    Fall of Girondins

    Moderate revolutionaries removed from power by radicals

  • Death of Marat

    Radical journalist murdered in his bath by Charlotte Corday

  • Reign of Terror Begins

    Mass executions of “enemies of the Revolution”

  • Execution of Dantonists

    Radical leaders, including Danton, executed by Robespierre
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    Thermidorian Reaction

    Backlash against Robespierre and the Terror

  • Robiespierre Executed

    Architect of the Terror is guillotined

  • Constitution of the Year III

    Established the Directory, a five-man executive body

  • Bonaparte Becomes First Consul

    Takes control of France in a coup

  • Fall of the Directory

    Ineffective government overthrown by Napoleon

  • Napoleonic Code Ratified

    Reforms and unifies French law, emphasizing equality

  • Napoleon becomes Emperor

    Declares himself Emperor of the French

  • French Invasion of Russia

    Massive campaign ends in disaster

  • Napoleon retreats from Russia

    Harsh winter and scorched earth tactics decimate army

  • Bourbon Monarchy restored

    Louis XVIII becomes king after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo

  • Napoleon exiled to Elba

    Abdicates and sent to Mediterranean island

  • Napoleon escapes Elba

    Returns to France for the Hundred Days