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Galileo Discovers Planets
Galileo challenges the current idea that Earth is the center of the solar system -
Novum Organum Publishes
Francis Bacon publishes Novum Organum, outlining the fundamentals of his scientific method. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Publishes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes his First Discourse -
Voltaire Publishes
Voltaire publishes his Candide -
The Social Contract was Published
Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes The Social Contract -
King Louis and Marie Antoinette Get Married
King Louis and Marie Antoinette Get Married when they are 15 and 14 respectively -
Napoleon Completes His Education
He soon enters the military, becoming an artillery officer -
Napoleon Sides with the Revolutionaries
The French Revolution begins, and Napoleon sides with the revolutionaries -
The Critique of Practical Reason is Published
Immanuel Kant publishes The Critique of Practical Reason -
Collapse of Estates-General
The members of the third estate form their own national assembly, causing the collapse of estates-general (France's equivalent of Parliament) -
Tennis Court Oath
a bunch of people got together to make an oath that they wouldn't stop until they had a new constitution -
Storming of Bastille
The storming of the Bastille prison was one of the opening events of the French Revolution -
French Republic Established
King Louis is arrested -
Napoleon is Promoted to Brigadier General
Napoleon started fighting for the revolution, and he was soon promoted to Brigadier general -
Reign of Terror Begins
France goes to war with various European powers, this signals the most violent phase of the French Revolution -
King Louis Dies
King Louis Dies at the ripe old age of 38 in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France -
Robespierre Takes Power
Robespierre took control of the newly formed Committee of Public Safety -
Marie Antoinette Death
Marie Antoinette Dies at the ripe old age of 37 -
Madame Roland's Execution
Madame Roland was a French revolutionary, salonnière and writer -
Georges Danton Death
He was Executed at sunset with a group of fifteen others. His last words were "I will no longer defend myself" -
Antoine Lavoisier's Death
Lavoisier was convicted and guillotined in Paris, at the age of 50, along with his 27 co-defendants -
Robespierre is Executed
He was arrested on July 27, 1794, and guillotined on the very next day -
The Directory Takes Power
A new regime starts, Napoleon plays a big role -
The Napoleonic Era Begins
Napoleon stages a coup d’état, ending the Directory and appointing himself France's ‘first consul' -
Napoleon Becomes Emperor of France
he became Emperor of the French under the name of Napoleon I -
Napoleon Dies
The doctors that performed the autopsy concluded that his death was from stomach cancer, exacerbated by bleeding gastric ulcers