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The death of "The Sun King" marks the beginning of The Enlightenment.
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The first volume of the encyclopedia, which included many contributions, was just the first of 28 volumes.
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HIs work, Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), was considered vital in the Enlightenment where economic work as considered.
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The tricolor flag of France was originated around the time of the attack on Bastille, where the red and blue colors represented the city of Paris while the white represented the monarchy.
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The Great Fear was a time of panic where peasants rioted and burned documents that showed ownership of peasants, and the buildings that housed them.
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The members of the Third Estate took the oath, vowing not leave until a Constitution had been established.
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Considered symbolically as the start of the French Revolution, the attack on Bastille was due to the partisans wanting the gun powder they knew was stored there.
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This document was signed by The French National Constitution Assembly gave equal rights to all men.
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Angry over the prices and availability of bread, the women of Paris marched on Versailles, demanding the King and his family return to Paris.
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The daughter of a butcher, Olympe de Gouges created the Declaration of the Rights of Women, which mostly just replaced "woman" with "man" from the Declaration of the Rights of the Man and the Citizen, called for equal rights for man and woman.
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After trying to escape Paris, the King and his family were stopped after being recognized in Varennes. This was a critical point in the Revolution as this failed escape led to the King being charged for treason, and ultimately executed.
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After learning that King Louis VXI would get to keep the throne even though he tried to flee the country, the Republicans revolted and this massacre was ordered.
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The National Convention of France proclaims that they have abolished the French monarchy. The day after, on 22 September, was the date the French Republican Calendar started counting year one.
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King Louis XVI was convicted of conspiracy and was executed the next day by guillotine.
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After being convicted of treason, the Queen suffered the same fate as her husband, death by guillotine.
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During this time from 1793-1794, thousands of citizens of all social classes we tried and executed, due to the tribunal order that all "enemies" be tried. Unfortunately, merely expression your dislike of government policies could see you executed.
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The French government adopted this new system of weights and measurements, which is now used by all but 3 countries in the entire world!
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After many bouts of destruction threatening the existence of the Catholic Church, Notre-Dame eventually regained it's symbol of power and Napoleon Bonaparte even crowned himself as Emperor there in 1804.
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Congress of Vienna met from November 1814 through June 1815 and was an important meeting for European states, leading to a peace plan between the countries.
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The Emperor of the French from 1804-1815, Napoleon Bonaparte was regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time, winning many battles throughout the Revolution.
