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Gun Powder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt to blow up England's King James I, and the Parliament on November 5, 1605. ... Around midnight on November 4, 1605, one of the conspirators, Guy Fawkes was discovered in the cellar of the Parliament building with barrels of gunpowder. -
First English Civil war
It was the first of the three major wars during the English civil war, It was fought in England and Wales, due to the disagreement on who held the ultimate power. It resulted in the parliament victory. -
Second English Civil war
It took place in England and Wales. It was between the British parliament against the loyalists, Covenanters, and Engagers. It resulted in the defeat of Charles I. -
Charles I Execution
Seven years of fighting between Charles' supporters and Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarians claimed the lives of thousands, and ultimately, of the King himself. Charles was convicted of treason and executed on 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. -
Adam Smith is born
Adam Smith FRSA was a Scottish economist, philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. -
Montesquieu publishes The Spirit of the Laws
The book focused on separation of powers. He believed that no section of government should have too much power over the rest. He also believed that the size of a state would determine it’s type of government. -
Voltaire publishes Candide
The plot was centered around a man that starts life optimistic but through a life of misfortune shows his optimism was unwarranted. It was banned in many places for insulting the church & political institution. -
John smith publishes Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. -
The Meeting of The Estates
The Estates-General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems. It ended when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution. -
Storming Of The Bastille
The Bastille was originally a prison which was at that time used to house gun powder. This day is rembered as the beginning of the French Revolution -
Louis XVI Execution
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Marie Antoinette’s Execution
She was executed mainly because she was the Queen and the people of France already hated her even before the Revolution. -
The Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
The people of France felt that the one to blame for everything that went on during the reign of terror was because of Maximilien Robespierre so they executed him also. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. Napoleon symbolically showed that he would not be controlled by Rome or submit to any power other than himself. -
Congress Meeting At Vienna
Meeting hosted by the Austrian prince Klemens Von Metternich. In which Him and many leader wanted to undo everything napoleon had done. -
Napoleon’s Exile To St Helena
Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped to France in early 1815 and raised a new Grand Army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo against an allied force under Wellington on June 18, 1815. Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa.