french revolution and napoleon

  • formal opening of the estates general

    The opening of the Estates General, in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution. On 4 May 1789 the last grand ceremony of the Ancien Régime was held in Versailles: the procession of the Estates General. From all over France, 1,200 deputies had arrived for the event.
  • Tennis Court Oath

    The Tennis Court Oath was a key moment that set off the French Revolution. There, the men of the National Assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established.
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    National Constituent Assembly

    The National Constituent Assembly was a constituent assembly in the Kingdom of France formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789 during the first stages of the French Revolution. It dissolved on 30 September 1791 and was succeeded by the Legislative Assembly.
  • Storming of the Bastille

    The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, when revolutionary insurgents stormed and seized control of the medieval armoury, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. At the time, the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris.
  • The August Decrees

    The decrees of 4 August 1789, also known as the August Decrees , were a set of 19 articles passed by the National Constituent Assembly during the French Revolution (1789-1799) which abolished feudalism in France and ended the tax exemption privileges of the upper classes.
  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens

    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens

    Born of an idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution, and precede it with a declaration of principles.
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    Legislative Asembly

    As it decided that none of its members could be re-elected, it was made up of new men and represented mainly the wealthy bourgeoisie, as suffrage was by census.
  • The Flight to Varennes

    was a significant episode in the French Revolution, in which the royal family of France had a serious decline in effective authority, when the monarch Louis XVI and his wife and children failed in their attempt to escape abroad, disguised as a Russian aristocratic family. Discovered, the fugitives were arrested in the town of Varennes and returned to paris.
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    1 st French Republic

    It officially began on the day the deputies of the National Convention approved the abolition of the monarchy, thus confirming the deposition of King Louis XVI.
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    National Convention

    The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy (August 10, 1792).
  • The Assembly declares the war to Austria

    The Assembly declares the war to Austria

    Marie Antoinette heard rumors that the Girondins, now part of the king's ministry, were planning a military attack on the Austrian Netherlands.
  • Storming of Tuileries Palace

    Storming of Tuileries Palace

    The main event was the storming of the Tuileries Palace by the insurgents, members of the Parisian sections and the Paris sans-culottes, together with the "federated" troops.
  • Execution of Louis XVI

    Execution of Louis XVI

    The execution of Louis XVI was one of the most important events of the French Revolution. The execution was carried out in the Place de la Révolution, formerly known as the Place de Louis XV.
  • Execution of Robespierre

    Execution of Robespierre

    Tired of his oppressive leadership, a group of revolutionary leaders staged a coup d'état in July 1794, seized control of the Committee and arrested Robespierre. The next day, somewhat paradoxically, the incorruptible died at the guillotine.
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    Directory

    Was the penultimate form of government adopted by the First French Republic during the French Revolution.
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    The Napoleonic Era

    Also known as the Napoleonic Empire or Napoleonic France, was the monarchical government established by Napoleon Bonaparte after the dissolution of the First French Republic. The Empire extended over most of Western and Central Europe, as well as possessing numerous colonial dominions.
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    The Consulate

    was the top-level Government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire on 10 November 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire on 18 May 1804.
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    The Empire

    Napoleon Bonaparte was named Emperor of France. It was the Corsican military man himself who decided to bestow this important title on himself. Only five years earlier he had staged a coup d'état and become First Consul of the Gallic nation.
  • Battle of Austerlitz

    Battle of Austerlitz

    Napoleon's 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000 Russians and Austrians under Russia's Alexander I and Mikhail Kutuzov.
  • Battle of trafalgar

    Battle of trafalgar

    Was a naval battle that took place on 21 October 1805, as part of the third coalition initiated by the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia, Naples and Sweden.
  • Battle of Leipzig

    Battle of Leipzig

    Also called the Battle of Nations, it was the largest armed engagement of all the Napoleonic wars and the most important battle lost by Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo

    The French army commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, was defeated by the British and Prussian armies in the War of Waterloo. The defeat ended the 23-year war between France and the Allied European states.