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Napoleon I was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution
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was a period of relatively moderate reform in the spirit of the Enlightenment, moderate, that is, compared with what followed. It was certainly revolutionary in relation to what went before.
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Period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the third estate.
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Period of panic and riot for the peasants of France because of the king and the wealthiest attempt to over throw the poor.
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King Louis XVI summoned the assembly to propose solutions to his government's financial problems
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This Assembly called themselves the "National Assembly" since they represented at least 96% of the nation.
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The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris.
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set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution.
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Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles
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a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government.
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a law passed during the French Revolution, that caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government.
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Government in which a king or queen with limited political power rules in combination with a legislative governing body such as a parliament representing the desires and opinions of the people.
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Significant episode in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, his queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris -
The abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic became an ever-increasing possibility.
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revolutionaries who plotted the downfall of the king and the rise of the French Republic
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Armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace.
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Mass killing of prisoners that took place in Paris
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The First Republic following the aftermaths of the Revolution of 1789 and the establishment of the monarchy
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Convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
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One of the crises of the Revolution, when France was beset by foreign and civil war.
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A period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between two rival political factions.
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Convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed
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Robespierre and his followers were arrested while raiding the hótel de Ville in Paris.
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resulted in the fall of Maximilien Robespierre and the collapse of revolutionary fervour and the Reign of Terror in France.
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The Constitution of the Year III is the constitution that founded the Directory. -
Immediately after the suppression of royalist uprising in Paris, the elections for the new Councils decreed by the new Constitution took place -
Napoleon led the French army into Egypt, swiftly conquering Alexandria and Cairo.
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Agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801 in Paris. It remained in effect until 1905. -
A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son
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Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life. A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son
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Branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property and family. The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights.
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French Code Napoléon, French civil code enacted and still extant, with revisions.
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It was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America.
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Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress
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One of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.
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French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain. Which began the Peninsular War.
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The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led cross the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland.
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Refusing to engage Napoleon’s superior army in a full-scale confrontation, the Russians under General Mikhail Kutuzov burned everything behind them as they retreated deeper and deeper into Russia.
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Defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland
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Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son. When this offer was rejected, he abdicated and was sent to Elba.
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Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne.
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Louis XVIII fled, and a Seventh Coalition declared war on the French Empire, defeated Napoleon again, and again restored Louis XVIII to the French throne.
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Marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris
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Marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century
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Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa.
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Napoleon Bonaparte dies