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French Revolution

By Thomas Witherington III

  • National Assembly Created

    National Assembly Created
    The National Assembly is formed

  • Storming of The Bastille

    Storming of The Bastille
    The Bastille is stormed by peasantry

  • Women's March on Versailles

    Women's March on Versailles
    Women March on Versailles

  • Legislative Assembly Founded

    Legislative Assembly Founded
    Legislative Assembly is founded

  • Legislative Assembly Declares War on Austria

    Legislative Assembly Declares War on Austria
    Legislative Assembly Declares War on Austria

  • Attack on the Tuileries

    Attack on the Tuileries
    Attack on the Tuileries

  • National Convention is Formed

    National Convention is Formed
    The National Convention is formed

  • Louis XVI is Executed

    Louis XVI is Executed
    Louis XVI is Executed

  • Execution of Marie Antoinette

    Execution of Marie Antoinette
    Marie Antoinette is Exectued

  • Directory Formed

    Directory Formed
    The Directory is Formed.

  • Treaty of Leoben is Signed

    Treaty of Leoben is Signed
    Treaty of Leoben is Signed. The treaty contained nine public articles and eleven secret ones. In the public articles, the Emperor ceded his "Belgian Provinces" (the Austrian Netherlands), and in the secret articles, he ceded his Italian states (Lombardy) in exchange for the Italian mainland possessions of the Republic of Venice, which had not yet been conquered.

  • Treaty of Campoformio is Signed

    Treaty of Campoformio is Signed
    Treaty of Campoformio is Signed. This is a major victory for France as France received the left bank of the Rhine as far south of Cologne, Belgium, and the islands in the Ionian Sea that had belonged to Venice.