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May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country -
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.” -
storming of the bastille
the event on July 14, 1789, during the French Revolution where a crowd of Parisians stormed and took control of the Bastille -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” -
Women's March on Versailles
when a crowd of over 7,000 Parisians, led by market women, -
Execution of King Louis XVI
former king of France since the abolition of the monarchy, was publicly executed by beheading by guillotine -
Reign of Terror
a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular the period of the Terror during the French Revolution. -
Maximillian Robespierre's execution
Maximilien Robespierre was executed by guillotine on July 28, 1794, after being arrested the day -
Napoleonic Code is established
It was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon I and his wife Joséphine were crowned Emperor and Empress of the French on Sunday -
Peninsular War
that part of the Napoleonic Wars fought in the Iberian Peninsula, -
Napoleon and his men march on Russia
After two days of preparation, the invasion commenced on Wednesday, 24 June [O.S. 12 June] 1812 with Napoleon's army crossing the border. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
They exiled him to the Mediterranean island of Elba and restored the Bourbons to power. -
Napoleon dies
suffering from recurrent abdominal pain, progressive weakness and unabating constipation.