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Constuction of Versailles
Louis the 14th spends over 100 millon on delux palace. (plunges country into debt.) -
War of Austrian Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) involved nearly all the powers of Europe -
Death of the prince
Marie Antoinette’s son, the Dauphin Louis Joseph, dies of tuberculosis. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 out of the 577 members from the Third Estate -
Jacques Necker
King Louis XVI, dismisses finance minister Jacques Necker. His removal is one of the events that inspires the attack on the Bastille. -
Storming of the bastille
The Storming of the Bastille, in Paris, was the flashpoint of the French Revolution and signified the fall of the monarchy and royal authority.A crowd of about 1,000 armed civilians gathered in front of the Bastille around mid-morning on the 14th and demanded the surrender of the prison -
The "Great Fear"
The "Great Fear" occurred from July 20 to August 5, 1789 in France at the start of the French Revolution. -
Aboloshment of serfdom and Fuedalism
marks the event that the above happend -
Rights of man
National Assembly issuses the Declaration of the Rights of Man -
The March on Versailles
The March on Versailles, also known as The Bread March of Women, and The Women's March on Versailles. -
The royals try to flee
The royal family dresses in servant clothes and tries to escape. they are arrested. -
The Guillotine is made the official means of execution
The guillotine became infamous (and acquired its name) in France at the time of the French Revolution. The device derives its name from Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, a French doctor -
September massacres
Prisoners of the Paris prisons massacred -
The Reign of Terror
from 1793- 1794 more than 18,000 dead via guillotine -
Death of the king
Louis the king sentenced to the guillotine -
Committee of public Safety
The power of the Committee peaked under the leadership of Robespierre - between August 1793 and July 1794. In December 1793 the Convention formally conferred the entire power of government on the Committee, and Robespierre established a virtual dictatorship. -
Death of the Queen
Marie Antoinette was declared guilty of treason in the early morning of 16 October, after two days of proceedings. The same day at 12:15 pm, two and a half weeks before her thirty-eighth birthday. -
Thermidorian Reaction
The Thermidorian Reaction was a revolt in the French Revolution against the excesses of the Reign of Terror. It was triggered by a vote of the Committee of Public Safety to execute Robespierre -
Death of robespierre
After sentencing many other people to the same fate the irony kicks in, killed by his killing machine. -
Napoleon
He took charge of a new government in 1799, had himself named First Consul for Life in 1802, and crowned himself Emperor in 1804.
