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Louis XIII built a simple hunting lodge on the site of the Palace of Versailles in 1623. -
he moved the royal Court to the Palace of Versailles, the defining symbol of his power and influence in Europe.
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Although Marie Antoinette initially condescended to her husband, she eventually developed a genuine fondness for him. -
"Hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a state prison, seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners." -
"The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the October March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles." -
When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written -
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789
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"Representatives of the non-clergy and non-nobles of France swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for France" -
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. -
"The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions that took place in response to revolutionary fervour" -
Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory. -
"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" -
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution.
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The resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. -
"At Borodino on 7 September 1812, ended with a territorial gain for Napoleon but at a very high cost. Napoleon's army eventually reached a Moscow abandoned and destroyed by the Russian army" -
Napoleon's exile on Elba—an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea just 10 miles from the Italian mainland. -
"marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition."