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Began with the storming of the Bastile.
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Began with the storming of the Bastile.
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Former King of France Louis XVI was executed by guillotine. The National Convention had taken power a few months earlier.
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Revolutionary Paris sections took over the Convention, calling for admistretive and political purges, starting 1-year and 2 months of what is know as the Reign of Terror.
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Former Queen of France Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine.
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The Treaty Formio is signed between France and Austria following decisive Frech military victories. The treaty marks the collapse of the First Coalition, composed of European powers which tried to contain Revolutionary France
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The United States Congress rescinded treaties with French, a moment considered asthe semi official beginning of the Quai-War
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The Treaty of Lunéville was signed after the victory of the French Republic against the Second Coalition states (led by the Austrian and Russian Empires), marking the end of the war with only Britain left fighting France.
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French Army General Charles Leclerc and the first 5,000 of 20,000 troops arrive at Cap-François (now Cap-Haïtien) to suppress Toussaint L'Ouverture and the rebellion of the black population in Haiti.
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The Treaty of Amiens established a peace between France and the United Kingdom.
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Dessalines declared the independence of Haiti.
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marking the beginning of the First French Empire and the end of the French Consulate.
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Napoleon had Pope Pius VII in attendance to indicate approval of the Church
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The French Empire is victorious at the decisive Battle of Austerlitz which marks the end of the Third Coalition (Austria, Russia, United Kingdom, Sweden and others) against France and its client states.
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The French Empire is victorious at the decisive Battle of Friedland which marks the end of the Fourth Coalition (mainly Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) against France and its client states.
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The French Empire is victorious at the decisive Battle of Wagram which marks the end of the Fifth Coalition (mainly the Austrian Empire and the United Kingdom) against France and its client states (to 6 July).
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The Fire of Moscow marks the beginning of French retreat after the French invasion of Russia. The First French Empire reached the height of its power and declined henceforth with the disastrous Battle of Berezina. The Sixth Coalition will go on to win the war and Napoleon will be exiled in 1814 to Elba.
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The House of Bourbon was briefly restored with Louis XVIII as King of France in an intermediate period of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Napoleon greeted by the 5th Regime at Grenoble aftr his scape from Elba.
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Napoleon is defeated by Seventh Coalition armies, definitively ending the First French Empire and the Napoleonic Wars, and marks the start of almost half a century of peace throughout Europe.
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With Napoleon exiled in Saint Helena, the House of Bourbon was again restored. Louis XVIII became King of France
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France started its invasion of Spain, eventually succeeding and restoring the monarchy, ending the Liberal Triennium.
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the conservative House of Bourbon is overthrown and replaced by the more liberal Orleans Monarchy with Louis-Philippe becoming King of France.
