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May 5, 1789 Meeting With the Estates-General
Was a meeting of the three estates within the French Society. It was held to deal with France's government financial crisis. However, this meeting failed because none of the estates could agree on one thing and, plus the third estate was left out. -
Tennis Court Oath
Members of the French Estate-General for the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath. The Third Estate called themselves the National Assembly. The oath was taken so that they could force a new constitution on the king. -
Storming of Bastille
In Paris, a state prison was attacked by a mob of angry Parisians. The reason was because prison government refused to comply to give ammunition and arms. This led to the overthrow of King Louis XVI and The French Revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
It's one of the most important papers of the French Revolution. It was issued by the French National Constituent Assembly. This declaration defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
Women's March on Versailles
Gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king. This march lasted six hours. During this march King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette were forced out from their palace by a angry mob that consisted of commoners. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
The execution was publicly seen at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. Since he was unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary Government, King Louis XVI was executed using a guillotine. However, he was also convicted of high treason and others crimes which led to his execution. -
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Reign of Terror
It was originally carried out to stop supposed threats to revolution, however it ended up displaying the excesses of the revolution and the heights of violence. At the end of the Reign of Terror about 17,000 people have been executed. While10,000 have died either in prison or without trial. -
Maximillien Robespierre's Execution
Many revolutionary leaders had enough with the Terror that Robespierre started. So they had him arrested and had him executed. He and his followers were executed on a guillotine. -
Napoleonic Code is established
This code forbade privilege's based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. Was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America. In fact, this code is still used today in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Monaco. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor and was crowned Napoleon I. His ceremony took place in Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. His rise to emperor was approved by the French citizens. His reason to be crowned was to gain prestige in international royalist and Catholic circles. As well as to lay the foundation for a future dynasty. -
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Peninsular War
Was a military conflict fought by Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal. They were up against the invading and occupying forces of France for control of the Iberian Peninsula. -
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Napoleon and his men march on Russia
Napoleon was the one who led this march with the army, the Grande Armée. The goal was to invade Russia, however the French lost to Russia. For many reasons like the adverse environmental conditions and the weak state of Napoleon's army. At the end of this march, Grande Armée lost a more than 300,000 men. While Russia lost more than 200,000 men. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
Napoleon abdicates, or gives up, his throne. Thus, based on in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, he was banished to Elba. Specifically, he was banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. However, he was able to escape the prison after a year. -
Napoleon dies
Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. Six years after being exiled, he died. He mostly likely died of stomach cancer.
