french revolution

By abelsoriano

  • Louis XVI calls Estates General

  • Tennis Court Oath

    Representatives of the Third Estate vowed not to disband until France had a written constitution.

  • Storming of Bastille

    kinda just people raiding a big prison

  • Declaration of the Rights of man and the citizen

    It gave basic rights to citizen.

  • Louis XVI brought to Paris

    Him and his family were forced to return back to Paris

  • Execution of Louis XVI

    He just got executed

  • Committee of Public Safety created

  • Period: to

    Fall of Girondins

    initially dominant in the National Convention, was overthrown by the more radical Montagnards, leading to the Reign of Terror and the eventual execution of many Girondin leaders.

  • Death of Marat

    assassinated

  • Thermidorian Reaction

    moderate policies and the dismantling of the radical Jacobin regime

  • Reign of Terror Begins

    period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between the Girondins and the Jacobins

  • Execution of Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was executed by guillotine

  • Execution of Dantonists

    was executed by guillotine after his increasing moderation and opposition to the Reign of Terror led to his trial and conviction

  • Robespierre executed

    His execution marked the end of the Reign of Terror and the beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction

  • Constitution of the Year III

    established the French Directory, a bicameral legislature, and a five-member executive

  • Napoleon saves the Directory

    he initially played a role in defending it against a royalist uprising on 13 Vendémiaire

  • Napoleon becomes First Consul

  • Period: to

    Fall of the Directory

    It was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte

  • Napoleonic Code

    unified French law, promoted equality before the law, and influenced legal systems worldwide

  • Napoleon crowns himself emperor

    Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor Napoleon 1st in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
  • Period: to

    Napoleon invades Russia

  • Napoleon defeated in Russia

  • Monarchy Restored

    some guy became king

  • Napoleon exiled to Elba

    Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the island of Elba, a small Mediterranean island off the coast of Italy

  • Napoleon escapes Elba

    escapes and returns to France after being exiled