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The Estates General, open since May 5, constitute themselves as the National Assembly
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An event that occurred in Paris, France, when revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the prison known as the Bastille
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It abolished both the seigneurial rights of the Second Estate (the nobility) and the tithes gathered by the First Estate (the Catholic clergy
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It mentions separation of power, the right of freedom, right of religion, right of speech and ideas of liberty
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It caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government. -
(June 20-21) It undermined the credibility of the king as a constitutional monarch and eventually led to the escalation of the crisis and the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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The Prussian march on Paris to restore the French monarchy was halted and the French Revolution saved.
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The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic. -
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He was guillotined in the Place de la Revolution in Paris -
A period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between the Girondins and the Jacobins. -
(9 Thermidor Year II) Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris.
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The Directory was created and empowered by the Constitution of the Year III, which was adopted by the National Convention in August 1795 and later endorsed by a plebiscite.
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(November 9 - 10)
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Was the top-level Government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire on 10 November 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire on 18 May 1804.
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It allowed to increase his power in Germany without opposition from the Catholic Church, and allowed to run its schools and youth mouvement without interference.
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A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son and he had taken the major steps in creating a new regime in his own image
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After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor
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Napoleon is crowned in the presence of the Pope
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Continental System, in the Napoleonic wars, the blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce. -
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On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French because of the Russian army refused to engage with the Grande Armée.
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Napoleon initiated it to force Russia to re-enter the continental blockade of Britain. However, France was defeated. It is ranked as one of the deadliest invasions in world history.
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Established the conservative order and was a international diplomatic conference. With it, they wanted to stop the revolution and to rebuild Europe
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A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition. Napoleon abdicated as emperor of France for the second and last time and was later exiled to St. Helena.
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Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. Six years later, he died, most likely of stomach cancer -
Ottoman troops operated with extreme brutality. They pillaged and plundered the Greek settlements, murdering an estimated 25,000 residents.
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Russia invaded the Ottoman Empire and forced it to accept Greek autonomy in the Treaty of Adrianople. After nine years of war, it finally got the independence -
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It was a second French Revolution, that produced a constitutional monarchy
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The winged hussars, led by the hetman himself, defeated the numerically superior Russian army
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Both countries claimed the disputed area and sent troops. A diplomatic mission and a negotiation of sale of territory took place
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Abolitionists and some suffragists withdrew from the universal suffrage campaign to focus on the enfranchisement
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general unrest led to the February Revolution and the end of the July monarchy
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Marks a step forward in the direction of liberalism. It was a series of political upheavals throughout Europe.
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Ended the July Monarchy and established the French Second Republic
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a provisional government was established until 1931, at which time the 1931 Constitution was approved.
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It was the first presidential election. It elected the first and only president of the Second Republic.
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Overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate -
the 18-year Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from , between the Second and the Third Republic of France
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A coup d'état that resulted in the dissolution of Japan's feudal system of government and the restoration of the imperial system
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the French monarchy had threatened to launch retaliatory military action
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The British flag was hoisted at Fashoda alongside the Egyptian flag -
The population moved from farms to towns and it increased the labor force
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They were shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during a visit to Sarajevo. -
Domino effect - murder of Franz Ferdinand led to this
