Enlightenment and French Revolution

  • Women's March on Versailles

    A riot outside the royal palace, where women marched and fought to complain about the high price and scant supply of bread.
  • Women's March on Versailles

    A riot that took place outside the royal palace that was organized in the markets of Paris, where the women of Paris marched to Versailles to complain the high price and scant supply of bread.
  • May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General

    The new parliament like group for the French, the Estates General, met for the first time on this day.
  • Tennis Court Oath

    The men of the national assembly swore an oath to never stop meeting until a French constitution was established.
  • Storming of the Bastille

    The French people stormed the royal barracks, the bastille, because they thought King Louis XIV was going to arrest the newly constituted National Assembly.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    A declaration made by a very pro revolution French writer, which described the basic rights that all French MEN should have, specifically men.
  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    The King of France during the revolution was found guilty of crimes against the people, and executed by guillotine
  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    The king of France during the Revolution was found guilty of crimes against the people and executed by guillotine.
  • Maximillian Robespierre's execution

    The leader of the extremists that were responsible for the leader of terror, he was arrested and executed by guillotine in paris
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    Reign of Terror

    The reign of terror was a point in the French Revolution where rival factions were fighting over control of france after the royals were killed.
  • Napoleon Crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France in a tradition breaking ceremony.
  • Napoleonic Code is established

    Napoleon revamped the majority of France's outdated legal system.
  • Peninsular War

    A war between the French and the Spanish, which the Spanish eventually won.
  • Napoleon and his men march on Russia

    Napoleon decided that he would invade Russia, in the dead of winter. It didn't end well.
  • Napoleon is exiled to Elba

    Napoleon was forced to vindicate the French Throne, and shipped off to the island of Elba.
  • Napoleon dies

    Napoleon died at age 51 on the island of St. Helena