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Opening of the État-général at Versailles
Place: Versailles
VIP: Louis XVI
Groups Involved: Nobility, Clergy and Third Estate
Outcomes: Marked the
beginning of the French Revolution.
APA
1789 Opening of the Etats Généraux (States General). (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2016, from http://en.chateauversailles.fr/history/the-great-days/most-important-dates/1789-opening-of-the-etats-generaux-states-general -
Abolition of serfdom
Date:august 4, 1789
Place:France
VIP: servitude, workers and peasants
Groups Involved:National Constituent Assembly
Outcomes: the abolition of serfdom
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Lan/ Revolución Francesa | Historia resumida - SobreHistoria.com. (2016). Retrieved September 19, 2016, from http://sobrehistoria.com/revolucion-francesa-resume -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Date:November, 1790
Place: France
VIP: clergy
Groups Involved: The clergy and the Government
Outcomes: the counterrevolution due to the division of the church.
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Olympe de Gouges publishes Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen.
Date:1791
Place: France
VIP: Olympe de Gouges
Groups Involved: Women
Outcomes: She lost her life in the guillotine
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France declares war on Austria; women enlist and serve in army.
Date: April 20, 1792
Place: Austria
VIP: France army (inlcluding women)
Groups Involved: Men and Women
Outcomes: This was the first time that women were included in an army
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Paris Commune declared, sans-culottes led by George Jacques Danton.
Date: July, 1792
Place: Paris
VIP: George Bracques Danton
Groups Involved: France's court
Outcomes: Help to put Louis XVI in the guillotine
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Louis XVI executed
Date: 21st January 1793
Place: the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
VIP: Louis XVI
Groups Involved: National Convention (which had replaced the National Assembly).
Outcomes: Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on October 16 she followed her husband to the guillotine.
APA
H. (Ed.). (n.d.). King Louis XVI executed. Retrieved September 19, 2016, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-louis-xvi-executed -
Napoleon assumed command of French army in Italy.
Date: 2nd February, 1796
Place: Italy
VIP: Napoleon
Groups Involved: Armies
Outcomes: The army of 37,000 and 47,000 was split into three divisions (commanded by Pierre Augereau, Andre Masséna and Jean Sérurier)
APA
Dorbani, M. B. (n.d.). The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Joséphine on December 2, 1804. Retrieved September 19, 2016, from http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/consecration-emperor-napoleon-and-coronation-empress-josephine-december-2-1804
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Napoleon begins his Egyptian Campaign
Date: May and July of 1798
Place: Egypt, Alexandria
VIP: Napoleon
Groups Involved: The French and the Mamelukes
Outcomes: The fall of Cairo and Alexandria
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(n.d.). Timeline of Napoleon's Empire (1798-1821). Retrieved September 19, 2016, from http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperial -
Napoleon invades Syria towards the end of his Egyptian Campaign
Date: 1799
Place: Paris
VIP: Napoleon, Paul Barras, Sieyes and Ducos
Groups Involved: Napoleon troops
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Napoleon established himself as First Consul in France
Date:1800
Place: Italy
VIP: Napoleon
Groups Involved: Napoleon and his followers
Outcomes: After conquering italy he establishes himself as First Council in France -
Napoleon becomes president of the Republic of Italy
Date: January to August of 1802
Place: Italy
VIP: Napoleon
Groups Involved: British and France
Outcomes: Napoleon establishes the Legion of Honor as a reward for loyal service to the nation under the consulate of 1802
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Napoleon Elected President of the Italian Republic. Retrieved September 19, 2016, from https://www.ymtvacations.com/travel-news/european-travel/day-history-napoleon-elected-president-italian-republic -
Napoleon consecrated as Emperor
Date: 2nd december 1804
Place: France
VIP: Napoleon
Groups Involved: Country
Outcomes: He became the most powerful person
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Presner, T. (2010). Digital Harlem: Everyday Life, 1915-1930, http://www.acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/harlem/ and Henry Hudson 400: Celebrating the History of Hudson, Amsterdam, and New York, http://www.henryhudson400.com. Journal of American History, 97(3), 916-917. doi:10.1093/jahist/97.3.916 -
French Invasion on Russia
Date: 1812
Place: Russia
VIP: Napoleon and his Army
Groups Involved: Russians
Outcomes: A lot of soldiers died frozen
APA
Presner, T. (2010). Digital Harlem: Everyday Life, 1915-1930, http://www.acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/harlem/ and Henry Hudson 400: Celebrating the History of Hudson, Amsterdam, and New York, http://www.henryhudson400.com. Journal of American History, 97(3), 916-917. doi:10.1093/jahist/97.3.916 -
Napoleon defeated in the battle of Waterfloo
Date: 1815
Place: Waterfloo, Saint Helena
VIP: Napoleon, armies
Groups Involved: Armies
Outcomes: He retired after lost this battle
APA
Presner, T. (2010). Digital Harlem: Everyday Life, 1915-1930, http://www.acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/harlem/ and Henry Hudson 400: Celebrating the History of Hudson, Amsterdam, and New York, http://www.henryhudson400.com. Journal of American History, 97(3), 916-917. doi:10.1093/jahist/97.3.916
