French Revolution & Napoleonic Empire Timeline

  • Louis XVI crowned

  • Estates Generales

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    National Assembly

  • Tennis court oath

  • Necker is fired

  • The storming of the Bastille

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    Great fear

  • Declaration of the Rights of the man and of the citizen

  • Women's march on Versailles

  • The Constitution of 1791

  • Declaration of War against Austria

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    National Convention

  • Execution of Louis XVI

  • Creation of the Committee of Public Safety

  • Restructuring of the Committee of Public Safety

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    The Reign of Terror

  • Execution of Marie Antoinette

  • The death of Robespierre

  • The Constitution of 1795

  • Napoleon's Coup d'état

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    Paris Commune