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Palace of Versailles built
The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI.Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape architects, -
King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles
Louis moved in, and changed the capital from Paris to Versailles to escape the turmoil Paris was subject to.He invited all of the aristocracy to live with him on the grounds, not because he liked them, but because he could control them. -
King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
A marriage between the two royal houses had been planned since the early 1760s, but only came about in 1770. -
Start of French Revolution
King Louis XVI needed more money, but had failed to raise more taxes when he had called a meeting of the Estates General. This instead turned into a protest about conditions in France. -
Tennis Court Oath
the men of the National Assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established. -
Bastille is Stormed
hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a state prison, seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners. The storming of the Bastille was a pivotal moment in the French Revolution -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written
born of an idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution, and precede it with a declaration of principles. -
Women’s March on Versailles
Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles -
King Louis XVI is executed
Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary government, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. He was guillotined -
The Reign of Terror
was a climactic period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution which saw the public executions and mass killings thousands -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.
overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte -
French Revolution ended
Bonaparte stages a coup d'état, abolishing the Directory and appointing himself France's 'first consul' -
Napoleon as Emperor
one of the most successful generals of the French revolutionary armies. He was emperor of France from 1804-14, and in 1815 -
Creation of the Napoleonic Code
marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era.addressed mainly matters relating to property and families. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor.
during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff. -
Defeat in Russian Campaign
Napoleon's army eventually reached a Moscow abandoned and destroyed by the Russian army based on the scorched-earth policy -
When Napoleon was exiled
After Napoleon Bonaparte's disastrous campaign in Russia ended in defeat, he was forced into exile on Elba. -
Napoleon not the emperor
Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne after allied Austrian, Prussian and Russian forces vanquished his army and occupied Paris -
Battle of Waterloo
concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever