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France is in debt, King Louis XVI tries to tax the Second Estate but the nobles refuse to pay
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The King Louis XVI calls for the Estates General to meet the following spring after a rough winter
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(spring) First time the Estates General meets in approximately 175 years
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French RevolutionThe French Revolution begins
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Tennis Court OathThe Third Estate proclaims themselves the National Assembly; National Assembly swears the Tennis Court Oath
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Storming of the Bastille The Storming of the BastilleThe Storming of the Bastille
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National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen
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Flight to VerannesKing Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette flee Paris in disguises but are caught
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Austria and Prussia issue a declaration warning against harming the French monarchs and hint that any such action would provoke war
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National Convention declares that France will be a republic and not a constitutional monarchy
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King Louis XVIKing Louis XVI executed by guillotine
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The Reign of Terror is unleashed by the Committee of Public Sagety; led by Maximilien Robespierre
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RobespierreRobespierre and his supporters are executed; The Reign of Terror Ends
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Napoleon faced off against a mob of royalists trying to regain power in Paris
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National Convention writes a more restrictive constitution; only male property owners could vote
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Napoleon's EmpireNapoleon takes control of the French government
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The French Revolution ends
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Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory in North America to the United States
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NapoleonNapoleon crowns himself emperor of France after a plebiscite
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Napoleon invades Spain and Portugal; the king of Spain goes to prison and the king of Portugal flees to Brazil
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Napoleon defeated in Leipzig
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Napoleon BonaparteAllies enter Paris in triumph and force Napoleon to surrender and is exiled to Elba
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Allied forces defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon exiles to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic
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Napoleon Napoleon dies in exile
