French revolution

  • The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes

    The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes
    Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil,
  • Start or End of the Seven Years War

    Start or End of the Seven Years War
    The Seven Years' War was a global war fought between 1756, it was known in America as the “French and Indian War.”England officially declared war on France in 1756.
  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution
    A colonial revolt which occurred between 1765 and 1783. The American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, won independence from Great Britain. 1783
  • Napoleon early career

    Napoleon early career
    Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). he crowned himself emperor in 1804. Shrewd, ambitious and a skilled military strategist
  • Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are married

    Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are married
    Their wedding took place by proxy in Vienna, at first the were longtime enemies. They were still young when they met each other, The day after Marie Antoinette met the 15-year-old future king of France, the two were wed in a lavish palace ceremony.
  • Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette have their first child

    Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette have their first child
    They first child was was a girl, named Marie Thérèse after Marie's mother.Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte was the only child to reach adulthood, she was close to her father.
  • Napoleon early career

    Napoleon early career
    The year before Napoleon’s birth, France acquired Corsica from the city-state of Genoa, Italy. Napoleon later adopted a French spelling of his last name. Napoleon attended school in mainland France, where he learned the French language, and went on to graduate from a French military academy in 1785.
  • Women’s March on Versailles

    Women’s March on Versailles
    It was known as also known as the October March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles. It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king.
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille
    The Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, a decade of political turmoil and terror in which King Louis XVI was overthrown and tens of thousands of people.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

    Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
    The Declaration of the rights of man of the citizen set by France's National Constituent Assembly. It were drafted by the Abbé Sieyès and the Marquis de Lafayette, in consultation with Thomas Jefferson.
  • The first Constitution of France

    The first Constitution of France
    The first constitution of France was the revolutionary government’s first attempt at a written constitutional document. The constitution was elected by a system of indirect voting. The constitution lasted less than a year.
  • San Culotte attack the prisons

    San Culotte attack the prisons
    It was a mass killing of prisoners that took place in Paris from September. A major event of what is sometimes called the “First Terror” of the French Revolution.Paris was in a state of bloodthirsty anarchy. Within the government.
  • The murder of Marat

    The murder of Marat
    Jean-Paul Marat, one of the most outspoken leaders of the French Revolution, is stabbed to death in his bath.aristocrat and an ally of the Girondists in Normandy, came to regard Marat as the unholy enemy of France and plotted his assassination.
  • The massacre in Lyon

    The massacre in Lyon
    the massacre in Lyon occurred when French Republican forces laid siege and captured the city of Lyon, which was the centre of a revolt against the French government during the War of the First Coalition.
  • Napoleon time as emperor

    Napoleon time as emperor
    He was Emperor of the French as Napoleon from 1804.The first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Napoleon began to encounter the first significant defeats of his military career, suffering through a disastrous invasion of Russia,
  • Napoleon time as emperor

    Napoleon time as emperor
    considered to be one of history's greatest military leaders. He rose to prominence during the French Revolution and served as emperor of France and again in 1815. Napoleon is remembered today for his role in the Napoleonic , and his defeat at the battle of Waterloo.
  • Napoleon late life/ death

    Napoleon late life/ death
    Napoleon was exiled to the remote, British-held island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. He died there on May 5, 1821, at age 51, most likely from stomach cancer.
  • Napoleon late life/ death

    Napoleon late life/ death
    the main reason for why Napoleon fell from power, offsetting consequences which include Napoleon's failed Spanish and Russian campaigns. The Continental Blockade was an attempt made by Napoleon in order to suffocate the British economy.