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Louis XVI, Estate General
Louis called the estates general in 1789 because france both government and people, was broke
the estates general did not solve Louis’ problem because the third estate figured out that louis and the first two estates, the clergy and the nobility, were the problem. -
Tennis Court Oath
In the tennis court oath, representatives of the non-clergy and non-nobles of france swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for france. while the oath-makers were successful, the french revolution soon tumbled out of control -
Writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Men
The Marquis de Lafayette, with the help of Thomas Jefferson, composed a draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and presented it to the National Assembly -
Parisians storming the Bastille
storming of the Bastille, iconic conflict of the French Revolution. On July 14, 1789, fears that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France's newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille, an old fortress that had been used since 1659 as a state prison. -
March on Versailles
An attempted escape from paris during the night of by king louis XVI of france, his queen marie antoinette, and their immediate family in order to initiate a counter-revolution at the head of loyal troops under royalist officers concentrated at montmédy near the frontier. -
Establishment of the New French Constitution
the process of drafting a constitution as its primary objective. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -
Execution of the King and Queen
louis was convicted and condemned to death by a narrow majority. january 21, he walked steadfastly to the guillotine and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a tribunal, -
Reign of Terror
the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions accusations of treason by the committee of public safety. -
Napoleon Builds an Empire
Napoleon built his empire through conquest of territories belonging to his enemies. Napoleon greatly assisted in defeating the First Coalition in 1792–1797, in which the newly formed French republic -
6th Coalition Occupies Paris
Napoleon's retreat from Russia and the subsequent defeat of his army by the Sixth Coalition at Leipzig (1813), the armies of the Sixth Coalition invaded France and advanced toward Paris -
King Louis XVIII Begins His Reign
The grandson of Louis XV and brother of Louis XVI, Louis Stanislas Xavier declared himself King of France in 1795, before officially becoming King Louis XVIII in 1814 at the fall of the Empire -
Napoleon Invades Russia
he Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French -
The Congress of Vienna Meets
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. -
Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever. -
Napoleon Overthrows the Directory
The coup d'état of 18 brumaire brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France it ended the French Revolution and led to the coronation of Napoleon as emperor. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate.