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The Palace of Versailles is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres west of Paris, in the Yvelines Department of Île-de-France region in France -
hoped to extract more control of the government from the nobility and to distance himself from the population of Paris. -
France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria, its longtime enemy. In 1774, with the death of King Louis XV, Louis and Marie Antoinette were crowned king and queen of France. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the French title can be translated in the modern era as "Declaration of Human and Civic Rights" -
a period of political and social change in France that lasted from 1789 to 1799. It was a response to economic hardship, corruption, and inequality. The revolution resulted in the end of the monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic
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It was when members of the Third Estate swore to remain united until a constitution was established. -
when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. After four hours of fighting and 94 deaths, the insurgents were able to enter the Bastille. -
a protest that took place on October 5, 1789, during the French Revolution -
Louis XVI, former King of France since the abolition of the monarchy, was publicly executed on 21 January 1793 during the French Revolution at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. -
a violent period during the French Revolution when thousands of people were executed for opposing the revolution -
Napoleon Bonaparte was able to overthrow the Directory due to political instability, military support, and his opportunistic actions leading to the coup of 18 Brumaire. His strong military reputation and the public's desire for stability played critical roles in his rise to power -
Napoleonic Code, French civil code enacted on March 21, 1804, and still extant, with revisions. It was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America. -
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French on December 2, 1804 at Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris. The coronation was a hybrid ceremony that included prayers and gestures that were agreed upon beforehand by French and papal negotiators. -
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
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Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812 was a disaster for the French, resulting in a retreat from Moscow and a devastating winter. -
Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean in October 1815. -
a decisive victory for the British and Prussians over the French on June 18, 1815. The battle took place in Belgium and marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.