French Revolution By joshjjones 1789 Citizens storm the Bastille 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789 Estates General meets 1789 National Assembly formed 1789 Poor women of Paris March on Versailles 1789 Royal family confined to Tuileries Period: 1789 to 1789 Great Fear sweeps France Period: 1789 to 1792 Moderate Reaction 1790 Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted 1791 Constitution creates a limited monarchy 1791 Royal family attempts to flee France 1792 Citizens attack Paris Prison 1792 France becomes a Republic 1792 Paris mob invades Tuileries palace Period: 1792 to 1794 Radical Phase 1793 Committee of Public Safety is created 1793 Marie Antoinette is beheaded 1793 Louis XVI is beheaded Period: 1793 to 1794 Reign of Terror 1794 Robespierre is beheaded 1794 Third Constitution is adopted Period: 1794 to 1799 Reaction Phase 1795 Directory takes power Period: 1798 to 1801 Napoleon invades Egypt 1799 Napoleon becomes first consul Period: 1799 to 1815 Age of Napoleon 1801 Concordat with the Catholic Church 1802 Napoleon named consul for life 1804 Napoleon becomes emperor 1804 Napoleonic code adopted 1805 Battle of Austerlitz 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Period: 1808 to 1815 Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne Period: 1808 to 1815 Napoleon invades Spain Period: 1812 to 1812 Napoleon invades Russia 1813 Battle of Leipzig 1814 Napoleon exiled to Elba 1815 Battle of Waterloo 1815 Napoleon exiled to St Helena 1815 Napoleon retreats from Russia 1815 Napoleon returns from Elba 1821 Napoleon dies
