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Storming of the Bastille.
A state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
Women's revolution
First women’s club is founded.
A law gives women the right to inherit.
The Constitution denies women the right to vote.
Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace.
La Insurrección del 10 de agosto de 1792 fue un evento definitorio de la Revolución Francesa. Conflict between King Louis XVI of France and the country's new revolutionary Legislative Assembly increased through the spring and summer of 1792 as Louis vetoed radical measures voted upon by the Assembly -
Execution of Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette.
Execution of Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. -
Fall of the Jacobins.
any people opposed the dictatorial government, and a coup ended the Jacobin government. Robespierre and other Jacobin leaders were executed by guillotine. -
Constitution (political liberalism).
Constitutional liberalism is a form of government that upholds the principles of classical liberalism and the rule of law. ... In a constitutionally liberal state, a liberal market is regulated and protected at the level of the constitution and so trade is mostly free, but not entirely unhampered. -
Napoleon was named consul.
Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life. A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son (even though he had not yet fathered any children) and he had taken the major steps in creating a new regime in his own image -
Conquest of Europe.
Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe, establishing colonies and spreading their influence across every inhabited continent. ... Industrialization also falls short as an explanation: the Europeans had taken control of more than 35 percent of the planet even before they began to industrialize. -
Napoleon emperor.
As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. -
French invaded Spain.
Spain and the First French Empire that began in 1808 with the entry of troops. Napoleonic , and which ended in 1814 , with the return of Ferdinand VII of Spain to power. It was provoked by Napoleon 's claim to install his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne after the abdications of Bayonne. -
Failure of the invasion of Russia.
Despite the serious losses inflicted on the Red Army and extensive territorial gains, the mission to completely destroy Soviet fighting power and force a capitulation was not achieved. One of the most important reasons for this was poor strategic planning. -
Napoleon’s death.
Napoleon was sent into exile after the defeate to an island called Saint Elena, and he died there. -
iberal revolution in France.
The 1848 Revolution in the History of France, also known as the February Revolution, was the series of revolutionary events that ended the July Monarchy and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. It sparked a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe.