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Louis XVI calls the Estates General
The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon 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
It was here that they made the famous Oath of the Real Tennis Room: “We swear never to separate and to meet wherever circumstances require until the kingdom's Constitution is established and grounded on solid foundations.”The Tennis Court Oath was an important part of the French Revolution because it represented the power of the people. -
Parisians storming the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille was when a mob of angry French citizens and rebellious soldiers attacked the Bastille on 14 July 1789. The fortress capitulated after the revolutionaries aimed cannons at its gate.The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming and was already scheduled for demolition, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power. Its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. -
Writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Men
History. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen came into existence in the summer of 1789, born of an idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution, and precede it with a declaration of principles. There were many proposals.The Declaration defined a single set of individual and collective rights for all men. Influenced by the doctrine of natural rights. -
March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles was a riot that took place during this first stage of the French Revolution. It was spontaneously organized by women in the marketplaces of Paris, on the morning of October 5, 1789. They complained over the high price and scant availability of bread, marching from Paris to Versailles. The women's march on Versailles is particularly significant because it was a turning point in the revolution. -
Establishment of the New French Constitution
During the French Revolution, the French Constitution of 1791 created a new structure for the Government of France. Specifically, it limited the powers of the monarchy of France, delegated legislative powers to an elected National Assembly, and created an elected judiciary.Nov 9, 2023. it drastically limited its powers relative to the absolute monarchy of the pre-Revolutionary epoch, referred to in France as the Ancien Régime -
Execution of the King and Queen
The next January, Louis was convicted and condemned to death by a narrow majority. He walked steadfastly to the guillotine and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on October 16 she followed her husband to the guillotine. Louis Auguste's death at the hands of his former subjects symbolised the end of an unbroken thousand-year period of monarchy in France and the true beginning of democracy within the nation, -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety.The purpose of the Terror was to maintain French unity. The country was fracturing due to religious, social, and political pressures. -
Napoleon Overthrows the Directory
Coup of 18–19 Brumaire, (November 9–10, 1799), coup d'état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution.Napoleon played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–99), served as first consul of France (1799–1804), and was the first emperor of France (1804–14/15). -
Napoleon Builds an Empire
Napoleon built his empire through the 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 annexed a part of the Rhine and also the formerly Austrian Netherlands, in addition to client states. wanted to control the rest of Europe and reassert French power in the Americas. He envisioned his western empire including Louisiana, Florida, French Guiana, and the French -
Napoleon Invades Russia
The 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 invasion of Russia effectively halted Napoleon's march across Europe and resulted in his first exile, to the Mediterranean island of Elba. terrible and damaging event. the way something is spread out over an area. -
The Congress of Vienna Meets
The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings 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. The objective of the Congress of Vienna was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. -
6th Coalition Occupies Paris
A battle was fought on March 30–31, 1814 between the Sixth Coalition consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia—and the French Empire. After a day of fighting in the suburbs of Paris, the French surrendered on March 31, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition and forcing Emperor Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile. With their armies reorganized, the Allies drove Napoleon out of Germany in 1813 and invaded France in 1814. -
King Louis XVIII Begins His Reign
He became king with the Bourbon Restoration of the monarchy after the overthrow of Napoleon I. He ruled a constitutional monarchy, meaning he was not the main leader of his government. However, unlike some constitutional monarchs, he did have some influence in politics.Louis XVIII's reign saw France's first experiment in parliamentary government since the Revolution. The King was invested with executive powers and had “legislative initiative. -
Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever. destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.