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Coup Détat Of Thermidor
Coup Détat Of Thermidor (The Thermidorian Reaction) refers to the period of the French Revolution between the fall of Maximilien Robespierre on July 27-28, 1794 and the establishment of the French Directory on November 2, 1795. -
Beginning Of The Estates General
The Estates General of 1789 were the only Estates General of France convocated after 1614 and the last of the old regime of France. They took place in Versailles, where King Louis XVI resided, on the outside of Paris. -
Storming Of The Bastille
The Storming Of The Bastille ocurred on Paris, France.
When revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille. -
Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And The Citizens
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789, approved by the National Assembly. -
Declaration Of The Rights Of Woman And The Citizens
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen was written on 1791 by French activists. -
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The Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of state maked with violence during the French Revolution, in which citizens suspected of "counter-revolutionary" activities were arrested, punished, and often executed. -
Execution Of Louis XVI
Louis XVI, former King of France since the abolition of the monarchy, was publicly executed on 21 January 1793 during the French Revolution at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. -
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The Directory
The Directory was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 26 October 1795, until November 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate. -
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The Consulate
The Consulate was the top level government of the First French Republic from the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire on 1799 until the start of the French Empire on 1804. -
Coup Détat Of Brumaire
The coup of 18 Brumaire was a bloodless coup d'état that overthrew the French Directory and replaced it with the French Consulate. -
The Empire
The First French Empire, also known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the monarchical government established by Napoleon Bonaparte following the dissolution of the Consulate in 1804. -
Battle Of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. Around 158,000 troops were involved, of which around 24,000 were killed or wounded. -
Exile In Elba
After the disastrous battle of Leipzig and after the Treaty of Fontainebleau of April 14, 1814, Napoleon, until then emperor of all Europe, was forced to leave the throne of France and accept a very different empire: the island of Elba. -
Exile In St. Helena
Following his defeat in the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte was forced into exile on St. Helena in 1815.
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Battle Of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (UK), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. -
Death Of Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte died on 5 May, 1821, at Longwood on his exile on the Island of Saint Helena.