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Louis XIV Revokes the Edict of Nantes.
The Revocation of the Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685 let to the suppression of the Reformed Church in France and forced Protestants into Exile or hiding. As a result they lost all social identiy -
Issac Newton discovers gravity.
English physicist and mathematician. The most famous for his law of gravitation was instrumental in the scientific revolution of the 17th century. -
Spinning Jenny
The new machines used and developed in the heart of woolen and later cotton industry, of which the ‘Spinning Jenny’ was just one, were the first machines of the Industrial Revolution. -
Enlightenment Movement
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The Declaration of Mens Rights
August 1789, is an important document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
French Revolution, storming La Bastille
On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy’s dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to 20 September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution. -
Louis tried for treason and convicted monarchy abolished.
In 1789, food shortages and economic crises led to the outbreak of the French Revolution. King Louis and his queen, Mary-Antoinette, were imprisoned in August 1792, and in September the monarchy was abolished. -
Wedding of Nepoleon
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Reign of Terror
Robespierre overthrown and end of Reign of Terror -
Robert in France invents a paper making machine
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Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a loom using punch cards
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Napoleon crowned King
Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned the King of Italy, thus turning the Republic of Italy into the Kingdom of Italy. -
Napoleon War Expanded the Empire
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French Invasion of Russia
Also know as the Patriotic War in 1812. -
Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna begin to remake Europe after the downfall of Napoleon. -
"100 Days"
Napoleon enters Paris; the beginning of the 100 days. -
Napoleon defeated waterloo.
This bought an end to the Napoleonic era of European history -
Peterloo Massacre
This occurred at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England when cavalry charged into a crowd of 80,000 who had symoboled together to demand the reform of parliamentary representation.
