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The Modern Stage
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3rd estate tennis court oath
June 17, a National Assembly. Finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall at Versailles.June 20 thinking that the king was forcing them to disband, they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court were they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established. -
The storming of the Bastille
citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille a state prison where they believed ammunition was stored. -
Great Fear.
Peasants attack noble manors -
Jacobin Club formed
identified with extreme egalitarianism and violence and which led the Revolutionary government -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
Passed by France's National Constituent Assembly a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights and was influenced by the American Revolution. -
King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris.
After the storming of the Bastille in July 1789 and riots in October, Louis brought his family from Versailles back to Paris—to the Tuileries—thinking this would put him closer to the people whom he still hoped were his people. -
Assembly issues Civil Constitution of the Clergy,
a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government. -
King flees to Austria, is caught at Varennes.
The plan, hatched by Count Axel von Fersen and supported by Marie Antoinette, was to travel by coach to Montmedy, a fortress near the border with Germany that was garrisoned by royalist troops.travelled to within 30 kilometres of its goal, before the king was recognised by a local postmaster. -
Declaration of Pillnitz
Austria and Prussia vowed to commit troops only if all major European leaders intervened, a highly unlikely event. In fact, Leopold had purposely worded the proclamation so as to avoid going to war -
National Assembly issues Constitution
The National Assembly began the process of drafting a constitution. -
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execution of king Louis XVI
On January 21 king Louis XVI was executed -
Committee of public safety
provide for the defense of the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the already existing organs of executive government -
Convention abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic
in September the monarchy was abolished and France was declared a republic -
Revolutionary calendar introduced
the calendar should celebrate the Great Revolution -
execution of Marie Antoinette
On October 16 Marie Antoinette was sentence to death by guillotine. -
Convention declares war on 1st Coalition of Austria, Prussia, Britain, Holland and Spain
Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would unify the country, and had a genuine desire to spread the ideas of the Revolution to all of Europe -
Counter-revolutionary revolt in the Vendee begins
occurred in 1793 in the area known as the Vendée, which included large sections of the départements of Loire-Inférieure (Loire-Atlantique), Maine-et-Loire, Deux-Sèvres, and the Vendée proper. In this fervently religious and economically backward region -
Reign of Terror begins
a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed -
Danton executed.
Georges Jacques Danton was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution, in particular as the first president of the Committee of Public Safety -
end of terror
"Thermidor:" Robespierre executed, end of terror -
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Treaty of Basle between France and Spain
The Peace of Basel, signed on July 22, 1795 between Revolutionary France and the Kingdom of Spain, ended the War of the Pyrenees -
New constitution is adopted, forming the Directory
The Constitution of the Year III is the constitution that founded the Directory. Adopted by the Convention. -
Whiff of Grapeshot
Napoleon's "Whiff of Grapeshot" save the Directory from a royalist mob -
Coup d'état removes royalists from Directory.
The first elections held after the formation of the Directory were held in March and April 1797, in order to replace one-third of the members of the Councils. -
French defeat Austrians in northern Italy and make peace
a peace settlement between France and Austria, signed at Campo Formio a village in Venezia Giulia southwest of Udine, following the defeat of Austria in Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign -
The Pope is brought to France as a captive
in 1798, upon his refusal to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner and transported to France. He died one year later in Valence. -
Rome is captured by Neopolitans.
a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome on 10 February. -
suffer bad defeat in Egypt
The British fleet had not found it in time to prevent the landings in Egypt, but on 1 August Nelson discovered the French warships anchored in a strong defensive position in the Bay of Abukir. The French believed that they were open to attack only on one side, the other side being protected by the shore. However, during the Battle of the Nile the arriving British fleet under Horatio Nelson managed to slip half of their ships in between the land and the French line -
2nd Coalition of Austria, Russia, Turkey and Great Britain drive French Army back.
In 1799, European armies were successful: Austria drove the French back across the Rhine, a Russo-Austrian army drove the French out of Italy and Britain, under the Duke of York, drove the French out of Holland. -
Napoleon's coup d'état abolishes Directory and establishes Consulate.
a five-member committee which governed France from 2 November 1795, when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety, until 9 November 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire, and replaced by the French Consulate. -
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Renewed war with Britain.
The Napoleonic era was the last occasion on which Britain and France went to war with each other, but by no means marked the end of the rivalry between the two nations. -
Napoleonic Code promulgated
It was promulgated as the "Civil Code of the French" but was renamed "the Napoleonic Code" -
3rd Coalition (Austria, Britain and Russia) moves against France
On April 11, 1805, Russia and Britain signed the St. Petersburg Union Treaty, which laid the foundation of the Third Coalition. On August 8, the treaty was joined by Austria -
Napoleon suffers major defeat in Russia
One month after Napoleon Bonaparte's massive invading force entered a burning and deserted Moscow, the starving French army is forced to begin a hasty retreat out of Russia -
Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia defeat France
Napoleon led a disastrous invasion of Russia in which his army was forced to retreat and suffered massive casualties -
Louis 18th restored order
Louis XVIII, known as "the Desired", was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1814 to 1824 -
Napoleon sent to Elba
Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba -
napoleon escapes elba
On February 26, 1815, Napoleon managed to sneak past his guards and somehow escape from Elba, -
Napoleon returns to France for "100 days."
Napoleon returned to Paris on March 20, 1815. Paris welcomed him with celebration. The period known as the Hundred Days had begun. -
British and Prussians defeat Napoleon at Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was a battle that was fought between the French army and the British and Prussian armies. -
price control
Price controls put into place by the government dechristianization administrative reform