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Palace of Versailles bulit
Louis XIII bulit a hunting lodge at Versailles in 1623 His successor, Louis XIV, expanded the château into a palace that went through several expansions in phases from 1661 to 1715. -
King Louis moved to the capital of France to Versailles
cided it was too small for him and was inconveniently located in a place that was not only smelly and noisy but too near to the courtiers who assailed him for favors day and night. So, Louis moved his entire household and court to Versailles, outside the city. -
King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette
On 19 April the wedding took place by proxy in Vienna, marrying the Dauphin and future Louis XVI, the grandson of Louis XV, to Marie-Antoinette, the youngest daughter of Maria-Theresa of Habsburg. On 16 May, the young Archduchess arrived at Versailles. -
French Rev
The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1794. King Louis XVI needed more money, but had failed to raise more taxes when he had called a meeting of the Estates General. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath, June 20, 1789. Sketch. An emblematic work of the revolutionary period, this historical representation represents a key moment in 1789, the “peerless year”. -
Bastille is stormed
storming of the Bastille, iconic conflict of the French Revolution. On July 14, 1789, fears that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France's newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille, an old fortress that had been used since 1659 as -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was written
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, one of the basic charters of human liberties, containing the principles that inspired the French Revolution. Its 17 articles, adopted between August 20 and August 26, 1789, by France's National Assembly, served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1791. -
Women's March on Versallies
Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789. This became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris. -
King Louis is exectuted
By a single vote, Louis was sentenced to death, "within twenty–four hours." Thus, on 21 January 1793, Louis Capet, formerly King of France was beheaded by the guillotine. -
End of the French Rev
On 9 November 1799, as frustration with their leadership reaches a fever pitch, Bonaparte stages a coup d'état, abolishing the Directory and appointing himself France's 'first consul'. This marks the end of the French Revolution and the start of the Napoleonic era. -
Beginning of Nepolean era
The Napoleonic era begins roughly with Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état on 18 Brumaire, overthrowing the Directory (9 November 1799), establishing the French Consulate, and ends during the Hundred Days and his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). -
Napolean launches a Coup d'Etat on the weak and corrupt Directory
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to power through legal means, tries to stay in power through illegal means. -
Creation of the neapolinc code
Enacted on March 21, 1804, the resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. The Civil Code (renamed the Code Napoleon in 1807) addressed mainly matters relating to property and families. -
Napoleon crowns himself king
On the 2nd of December 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. According to legend, during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff. -
end of napoleon era
In Napoleon's ending, Napoleon is exiled to Elba but returns after hearing of Josephine's death and reclaims his power. However, 100 days later, he was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo by the British and Prussian armies.