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Absolutismm and the French Revolution
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The Monarchy
Louis ascended to the French throne in 1774.King Louis and his queen, Mary-Antoinette, were imprisoned in August 1792, and in September the monarchy was abolished. -
The Bastille is Stormed
A Paris mob attacked the Bastille to get weapons. They killed the commander and destroyed the prison. -
Necker currupted the government
On 11 July 1789, after Necker published an inaccurate account of the government's debts and made it available to the public, the King fired him, and completely restructured the finance ministry at the same time. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man is Passed
Passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789. Is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights. -
The October March
The march began with women in the marketplaces of Paris. They marched in marketpllaces and rioted over high prices of bread. -
Women took part in the making of the Declaration of the rights of man
The Declaration recognized many rights as belonging to citizens (who could only be male). This was despite the fact that after The March on Versailles on 5 October 1789, women presented the Women's Petition to the National Assembly in which they proposed a decree giving women equal rights. -
The Guillotine becomes a symbol
The people recommended the guillotine because it was perceived as humane at the time. Before the guillotine, members of the nobility were beheaded and commoners were hanged. -
The Storming of Tuileries
anti-monarchy Jacobins rallied together a loyal crew of sans-culottes that stormed Tuileries outright, trashing the palace and capturing Louis XVI and his family as they tried to escape. The mob then arrested the king for treason. -
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The Republic
This period was characterized by the fall of the monarchy.The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I. -
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The Committee of Public Safety
Created in March 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror, a stage of the French Revolution. The execution of Robespierre in July 1794 represented a reactionary period against the Committee of Public Safety. -
The insurgents plan on storming the Bastille
On 14 July, the insurgents set their eyes on the large weapons and ammunition cache inside the Bastille fortress, which was also perceived to be a symbol of royal power. -
The Reign of Terror Starts
Was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. Incited by conflict between rival political factions, -
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The Terror
The Reign of Terror, also known as The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution.The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine. -
Napoleon Saved the French Government
In 1795, he saved the French government from collapse by firing on the Parisian mobs with cannons, an event known as the 13 Vendémiaire. The Directory appointed him as General of the Army of Italy at age 26. -
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The Directory
The Directory was the government of France during the penultimate stage of the French Revolution. The Directory at first had some success in foreign-policy, especially after Napoleon's conquests in Italy. -
Napoleon Launched his expidition to Egypt
After marrying Joséphine de Beauharnais in March 1796, he started the Italian military campaign that transformed him into a well-known figure in Europe. In 1798 he launched a military expedition to Egypt, conquering the Ottoman province with a decisive victory at the Battle of the Pyramids and facilitating the rise of modern Egyptology. -
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Napoleon as Emperor
He won the large majority of his battles and seized control of most of continental Europe. His ultimate defeat was in 1815. -
Napoleon was crowned emporer
Napoleon was crowned Emperor Napoleon I on 2 December 1804 at Notre Dame de Paris by Pope Pius VII. -
Napoleon abolished the Spain Inquisition
On 1 April 1810, Napoleon religiously married the Austrian princess Marie Louise. During his brother's rule in Spain, he abolished the Spanish Inquisition in 1813. -
Warnings of Napoleon being sick
His personal physician, Barry O'Meara, warned the authorities of his declining state of health mainly caused, according to him, by the harsh treatment of the captive in the hands of his "gaoler", Lowe, which led Napoleon to confine himself for months in his damp and wretched habitation of Longwood. -
Napoleon's funeral
On 15 December, a state funeral was held. The hearse proceeded from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Élysées, across the Place de la Concorde to the Esplanade des Invalides and then to the cupola in St Jérôme's Chapel, where it remained until the tomb designed by Louis Visconti was completed. In 1861, Napoleon's remains were entombed in a porphyry sarcophagus in the crypt under the dome at Les Invalides.[172]