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Louis XVI's death
He was executed by a guillotine, he was the first vitim of the Reign of Terror. -
Reign of terror
The Reign of Terror lasted from 1793-1794, it was a period of harsh measures & a wave of executions against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution -
The Peninsula War
The Peninsula War lasted from 1804-1814 it was a military conflict between France and the allied powers of Spain the British and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula. Napoleon’s peninsula struggle contributed considerably to his eventual downfall -
Napoleon becomes emperor of France
Napoleaon was emperor from 1804-1814. He was crowned by pope Pius VII -
Napoleonic Code
The Nepoleonic Code is the French civil code the code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified, it was a major step in replacing the previous patchwork of feudal laws -
Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig was fought by the armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden led by the Russian Czar Alexander I against the French army of Napoleon, being decisively defeated for the first time in battle, Napoleon was compelled to return to France while the Allies hurried to keep their momentum, invading France early the next year. This was the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I. -
Exile to Elba
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled Napoleon to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 12 miles off the Tuscan coast. They gave him sovereignty over the island and allowed him to retain his title of emperor. Napoleon attempted suicide with a pill, but he survived to be exiled while his wife and son took refuge in Austria. -
Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna declared Napoleon an outlaw, banished from the empire, Napoleon's only hope lay in adopting his old strategy of delivering a decisive blow against the enemy's forces to force a negotiation. At Waterloo Napoleon was overwhelmed by British and Prussian forces, forcing him to abdicate for the second and last time. Napoleon was deemed a prisoner in British custody and was exiled to St. Helena where he lived until his death on 5 May 1821 -
Hundred Days
Napoleon's Hundred Days marked the period between Emperor Napoleon of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris -
Battle of Waterloo
A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, upon Napoleon's return to power in March 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. The defeat at Waterloo ended Napoleon's rule as Emperor of France, marking the end of his Hundred Days return from exile, pursuing coalition forces entered France and restored King Louis XVIII to the French throne.
