Timeline: The French Revolution!

Dec 18, 1774

#1) Luis XVI Takes Throne

Married, and is very young. Bad ruler too! Was mostly dominated by his wife, Mary Antoinette. Oh

Jul 14, 1784

#2) The Storming of Bastille!

Citizens living in Paris captured and mobbed the much hated prison, Bastille.

Jan 1, 1789

#3) The National Assembly!

Louis's gov about to go bankrupt, and the National Assembly is formed(doomed to fail in 1791).

Aug 1, 1789

#4) Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen.

The National Assembly adopts the paper: Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen.

Oct 19, 1789

#5) The Great Fear!

The common peasants are terrified of the high and wealthy and powerful nobles/clergy. They send hired outlaws to go terrorize them.

Jun 21, 1791

#6) Flight to Varennes.

Louis and his family tries to escape, but fails and is caught at Varennes.

Sep 1, 1791

#7) Legislative Takeover!

National Assembly disbands, Legislative takes over, and they can creat the Consitution.

Sep 30, 1791

#8) Revolutionary division.

The revolutionary leaders turn on each other.

Jun 1, 1792

#9) Austria and Prussia.

Austria and Prussia support the Royal Palace, and so send troops to aid them.

Aug 10, 1792

#10) Royal Palace Invasion.

20,000 parisians capture Mary Antoinette and her children in their Royal Palace.

Dec 19, 1792

#11) Louis XVI Executed.

King Louis found guilty, and sentenced to death by guillotined. People probably were happy about that. Ew.

Feb 19, 1793

#13) Drafting Army-

The National Assembly drafts 300,000 citizens as soldiers.

Feb 19, 1793

#12) Royal Allies-

Great Britain, Holland, and Spain send troops to help fight the french rebels.

Jun 19, 1793

#14) Maximillion Robespierre.

He was once a revolution leader, and he became corrupted and tried to take power for himself. Dun-Dun-Dun!

Jul 1, 1793

#15) Reign of Terror!

Robespierre rules as a dictator, and kills about 40,000 killed in only Paris in only 1 year. WOW! Bloody...

Jul 31, 1793

#16) Robespierre executed!

National Commitee turns on Robespierre,(he joined them), and ironically kills him with the same method used to kill his enemies, rivals, and victims.

Dec 19, 1795

#17) Moderates & Napolean!

Moderates draft a new Constitution, they create a 2-house legislative, create executive of 5 people; and Napolean Bonaparte chosen to lead France's armies.

Dec 19, 1804

#18) Napolean's Rise and Fall!

He was a succesful military leader, gained power due to France's political instability, had a golden age of being emperor, got defeated by Austria and Russia, went into exile, got strong again, exiled AGAIN, and then died maybe of stomach cancer in St. Helena.