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It was built for the French Government. It started in 1631 and ended in 1634. The area it covered was a little over 3 miles. -
By moving the capital he hoped to extract more control of the government from the nobility and to distance himself from the population of Paris. -
They were married from May 16, 1770 - January 21, 1793. France hoped their marriage would strengthen its alliance with Austria, its longtime enemy. -
An idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution, and precede it with a declaration of principles. -
The French Revolution was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799.
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A commitment to a national constitution and representative government. It has become one of the most iconic scenes of the French Revolution. -
Revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. -
Was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. These events ended the king's independence and signified the change of power and reforms about to overtake France. -
After voting unanimously to find the King guilty. Louis was convicted and condemned to death by a narrow majority. -
The creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place. -
Overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
The resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. The Civil Code, renamed the Code Napoleon in 1807, addressed mainly matters relating to property and families. -
His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. Instead, he placed the crown on his own head, and then crowned Josephine Empress. -
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. He was the de facto leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804.
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Napoleon's invasion of Russia is one of the best studied military campaigns in history. On 24 June 1812 and the following days, the first wave of the multinational Grande Armée crossed the Niemen into Russia. It lasted for 5 months, 2 weeks, and 6 days. -
A chaotic military campaign culminated in a large coalition army defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813. The coalition invaded France and captured Paris, forcing Napoleon to abdicate in April 1814. He was exiled to the island of Elba, between Corsica and Italy. -
The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.