Fields timeline

  • Louis XIV takes rule of France

    Louis XIV takes rule of France
    He began his rule in May 1643
  • Enlightenment-Hobbes

    Enlightenment-Hobbes
    He published the "Leviathan", which was a book based on his ideas
  • Finally giving birth

    Finally giving birth
    From the time they got married until 19 years of marriage, they had trouble having kids. She had her first kid on December 20th 1778, and her last kid on July 9th 1786.
  • Napoleon enters the military school

    Napoleon enters the military school
    He was only ten when he entered.
  • Shortage of food

    Shortage of food
    Bread was very scarce and the price of it sky rocketed
  • Napoleon becomes a lieutenant in the French Army.

    Napoleon becomes a lieutenant in the French Army.
  • Robespierre asks for equalness

    Robespierre asks for equalness
    Robespierre asks for equal representation for the commoners.
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille
    This violent attack on the government by the people of France signaled the start of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a fortress built in the late 1300s to protect Paris during the Hundred Years' War.
  • Louis signs the declaration of the rights of men

    Louis signs the declaration of the rights of men
    The Virginia Declaration of Rights is a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government. It influenced a number of later documents, including the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Bill of Rights.
  • Women's March on Versailles

    Women's March on Versailles
    The Women's March on Versailles was an important event at the start of the French Revolution. It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king. In 1789 France, the main food of the commoners was bread. A poor French economy had led to a scarcity of bread and high prices.
  • Religion Bad

    Religion Bad
    He takes away all religious items and changes to calendar so it doesn't meet with the Catholic's standards.
  • Execution of Louis XVI

    Execution of Louis XVI
    The execution of Louis XVI by means of the guillotine, a major event of the French Revolution, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. The National Convention had convicted the king in a near-unanimous vote and condemned him to death by a simple majority.
  • Robespierre brings back Censorship

    Robespierre brings back Censorship
    Robespierre has brought back censorship even though he was a proponent for the freedom of speech.
  • Napoleon becomes Emperor

    Napoleon becomes Emperor
  • Napoleon wants to rage war on Britain

    Napoleon wants to rage war on Britain
    Napoleon wanted to rage a large scale war on Britain.
  • Napoleon was exiled

    Napoleon was exiled
    He was exiled to a remote British island named St. Helena, He died there.
  • Napoleon dies.

    Napoleon dies.
    Dies on the island he was exiled to at the age of 51, he most likely died of stomach cancer.