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Meeting of the Estates General
Estates General was greeted by Louis XVI in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles -
Storming of the Bastille
The mob attacked the Bastille and released the seven prisoners inside. -
Women March on Versailles
An angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women – armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets – marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles in what was to be a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution. -
War is declared by France on Austria
Reactionaries and the monarchy wanted war because they thought that the new government would be easily defeated by foreign powers. -
King Louis XVI executed
The French government sends its former king to the guillotine. -
Beginning of the Reign of Terror
Fearing opposition within the country, revolutionary leaders began a crackdown that became known as the Reign of Terror. -
British defeated at Toulon
An early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the southern French city of Toulon. -
Maximilien Robespierre executed
In month of Thermidor in the new French calendar, Robespierre was deserted by his supporters, accused of being a tyrant. -
Creation of the Directory
The government of France during the penultimate stage of the French Revolution. -
Napoleon Crowns Himself Emperor
Napolean had gained much power now to seize the title Emperor of the French. -
Napoleon Retreats from Russia
Napoleon's hopes had been set upon a victorious end to his campaign, but victory in the field did not yield him victory in the war. -
Congress of Vienna
Diplomats sat down at the Congress of Vienna to restore Europe's stability after the Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars. -
Battle of Waterloo / Napoleon’s 2nd Abdication and Exile
The United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, and Prussia organized their armies to defeat a French army under the control of Napoleon, when Napoleon wanted to be emperor again.
