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French Revolution Timeline
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Estates General
the first meeting in 175 years. -
Tennis Court Oath
they met up a indoor tennis court and plegded to not leave until a new constitution was written up. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occured in Paris on the morning of July 14, 1789. -
Great Fear
Great Fear occured from July 20 to August 5, 1789 in France at the start of the French Revolution. -
Declaration of the rights of man
the Decalration of the Rights of Man is a fundamental document of the French Revolution defining the individual and collective rights of the estates of the realm as universal. -
Women's March to Versailles
The Women's March to Versailles was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. -
Louis and Marie's flight to Varennes
Louis and Marie leave Versilles and go to Paris. -
Constitution of 1791
the constitution of 1791 was the second written constitution of France. -
Brunswick Manifesto
Bruswick Mainfest was a proclamation issued by Charles William Ferdinand Duke of Burnwick. -
Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror was a period of violence that occured after the onset of the French Revolution. -
National Convention
During the French Revolution, the National Convention, in france, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly and legislative assembly which sat from September 20, 1792 to October 26, 1795. -
French Directory
The Directory was a body of five directors that held executive power in France following the convention and preceding the Consulate. -
Concordat of 1801
concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on July 15, 1801 -
Louisiana Purchase
was the acquisstion by the United States of America of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803. -
Napoleonic Code
Napoleonic code is the Frech Civil Code, established under Napoleon I in 1804. -
Napoleon Bolenparte takes over
Napoleon takes over the throne in 1804. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Napoleon was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. -
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy. -
Peninsular War
was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, UK and portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoloenic Wars. -
Continental System
was the foregin policy of Napoleon I of France in his stuggle againist the UK of Great Britan and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars. -
Exile to Elba
the victors exiles him to Elba an island of 12,000 ihabitants in the mediterranean sea. -
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday June 18, 1815. -
Exile to St. Helena
in 1815 the British government selected Saint HElena as the place of detention of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia 1812 known as the Patriotic War of 1812.
