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Meeting of Estates General
In 1789, Louis XVI made a meeting of the Estates General. The General Estates General had not gathered in more than 170 years. The only one since the 1600's. -
The Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate, led by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti,
began to call themselves the National Assembly. Immediately fearing the worst and anxious that a royal attack by King Louis XVI was imminent, the deputies congregated in a nearby indoor tennis court where they took a solemn collective oath "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established" -
There Were Women Who Marched to Versailles and the Outbreak of the Paris Mob
This March was also known as The Bread March of Women. The women thought that the prices of bread were very high in the shortage of bread. There were rumors that stated that royalty was taking all of the grain. -
The First Invasion of Tuileries.
This was a turning point in the Revolutionary. On this day a little more than three years after the attack on the Bastille. The people of Paris laid siege on the Tuileries. This was a big event which people say to be one of the biggest of the things in the Revolutionary. -
Louis XVI is Guilotined
A convention put Louis XVI on a Trial for Treason, and they pronounced him guilty. People in France were scared that the people of their country might make similar actions. They had also made Marie Antoinette watch and then was later executed in 1793. -
Reign of Terror
In this 11 month period ranging from 1793 and 1794 about 17,000 people were executed. People were horrified by the brutal acts, like of the execution of their king and queen. Which led to the execution of people -
The Battle of The Pyramids
Napoleon wins the Egyptian campaign with an army of around 37,000. The battle was fought between the French Army in Egypt with Napoleon and local Mamluk forces. -
Napoleon overthrows Directory
Napoleon overthrew The Directory by force. The Directory and The French Revolution came to an end with the coup d'e'tat he overthrew and replaced it with the Consulate. Coup D'e'tat is a sudden unconstitutional deposition of a legitimate government. -
Battle of Trafalgar
It was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combination of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars. British victory confirmed their naval supremacy. Nelson was killed. A coalition is an Alliance, or combined action. -
Napoleon's Russian Campaign
Napoleon ignored advisers and started an invasion on Russia. The Russians avoided Napoleon's objective of a decisive engagement and instead retreated.The French suffered greatly in the course of a ruinous retreat, at last less than 40 000 men were left.
