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tennis court oath
We swear never to separate and to meet wherever circumstances require until the kingdom's Constitution is established and grounded on solid foundations.”The Tennis Court Oath was an important part of the French Revolution because it represented the power of the people -
Lous XVI calls the estates general
The Estates-General of 1789 was a meeting of the three estates of pre-revolutionary France: clergy, nobility, and commons. Calling the Estates-General. The Estates-General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems. -
writing the declaration of the rights of men
In its preamble and its 17 articles, it sets out the “natural and inalienable” rights, which are freedom, ownership, security, resistance to oppression; it recognizes equality before the law and the justice system, and affirms the principle of separation of powers. Declaration was a core statement of the values of the French Revolution and had a major impact on the development of freedom and democracy in Europe and worldwide. -
parisians storming the bastille
The Storming of the Bastille was when a mob of angry French citizens and rebellious soldiers attacked the Bastille on 14 July 1789. The storming of the Bastille in Paris, France, on July 14, 1789, signalled the start of the French Revolution, -
march on versailles
Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789. march on Versailles is particularly significant because it was a turning point in the revolution. -
establishment of the new french constitiution
Constitution of 1791, French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. During the French Revolution, the French Constitution of 1791 created a new structure for the Government of France -
region of terror
The Reign of Terror , or simply the Terror (la Terreur), was a climactic period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution. The Reign of Terror instituted the conscripted army, which saved France from invasion by other countries and in that sense preserved the Revolution. -
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 symbolised the end of an unbroken thousand-year period of monarchy in France and the true beginning of democracy within the nation -
Napolean Builds an empire
Napoleon built his empire through conquest of territories belonging to his enemies. He revolutionized military organization and training; sponsored the Napoleonic Code, the prototype of later civil-law codes; reorganized education; and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy. Napoleon's many reforms left a lasting mark on the institutions of France and of much of western Europe. -
Napolean Overthrows the Directory
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. overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Napolean invades russia
the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland.The invasion of Russia effectively halted Napoleon's march across Europe, and resulted in his first exile, to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
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.The Congress of Vienna was the first of a series of international meetings that came to be known as the Concert of Europe, an attempt to forge a peaceful balance of power in Europe. -
6th coalition occupes paris
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. a coalition of European powers, including Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, Spain, and several others -
King Louis XVIII begins his region
The reign of Louis XIV is often referred to as “Le Grand Siècle” (the Great Century), forever associated with the image of an absolute monarch and a strong, centralised state. Louis XVIII's reign saw France's first experiment in parliamentary government since the Revolution. -
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.