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Estates General meet
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Third Estate meets on their own
calling themselves the commons -
Bastille Day
Citizens storm the Bastille fort to seize arms -
KIng tries to escape
The king and his family try to escape to Verennes -
Declararion is written
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France declares war on Austria and Prussia
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King Louis is beheaded
He and his wife Marie Antoinette are beheaded -
The Jacobins seize control of France
A new group comes to power -
Robespierre executed
leader of Jacobins dies -
Constitution ratified
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Directory takes control
The Executive Directory takes executive power of France -
Marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais
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Battle of Lodi
Napolean is in Italy fighting -
Battle of the Nile
Nelson's victory isolates Napoleon in Egypt -
Napolean returns to France
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Constitution of the year VIII
Leadership of Napoleon established under the Consulate. French Revolution may be considered ended.
