Prise de la bastille

The French Revolution

By jgarrett.113

  • Louis XVI calls the Estates-General

  • National Assembly formed

  • Tennis Court Oath

  • Storming of the Bastille

  • Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen adopted by National Assembly

  • Women's March on Versailles

  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy Adopted

  • The National Assembly adopts its constitution in the Spring

  • Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee France, but are captured and sent back to Paris

  • Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria

  • French monarchy abolished

  • First day of French Republic, the basis for the Revolution's calendar

  • Louis XVI executed via Guillotine

  • Reign of Terror begins

  • Robespierre executed via Guillotine

  • Napoleon Bonaparte leads coup d'etat, overthrowing the Directory

  • Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself Emperor

  • French defeated by the British at Battle of Trafalgar

  • Napoleon Retreat back to France after a failed invasion of Russia

  • Battle of Waterloo