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Hobbes published Leviathan in April of 1651. The Leviathan argued for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign.
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In 1762, Social Contract was published by Rousseau. He believed that laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people.
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Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, in the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
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On May 16, 1770, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette get married. They were only in their teens when they got married.
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On May 10, 1774, Louis XVI is crowned.
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During the French Revolution Napolean Bonaparte quickly rose through military rankings.
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The Tennis Court Oath took place on June 20, 1789. A constitution was written in a nearby indoor tennis court because they were locked out of Versailles.
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On the morning of July 14, 1789, people stormed the Bastille and demanded gunpowder, but were denied. They then forced their way into tho the Bastille.
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On the morning of October 5, 1789, a group of women started to riot in Paris marketplace. They were marching through Paris demanding bread at a reasonable price.
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France's first constitution was created in 1791. The constitution did not even last an entire year.
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The Committee of Public Saftey was created on April 6, 1793. The committee's job was to provide for the defense of the nation against its enemies.
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The massacre in Lyon lasted two months. French Republican forces captured Lyon, which was the center of the revolution.
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In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte declared himself emperor of France.
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In October 1815, he is exiled to a remote British island called Saint Helena. On May 5, 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte dies of stomach cancer.
