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Formation of the National Assembly
The third estate declares itself as the "Assembly of the Nation" -
Tennis Court Oath
National Assembly Will not disband until it has written a constitution -
Bastille is stormed
Bastille is stormed and taken by a Paris mob -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The declaration of the rights of man was released and showed people what their rights were -
King Louis moves to tuileries
King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris -
1st use of the Guillotine
Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person to be executed by the guillotine -
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Republican calendar began
a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805 -
King Louis is executed
Convention condemns and executes the King -
Establishment of Commitee
This small ruling body, composed of about 12 men, basically ruled France during the radical stage of the Revolution and presided over the Reign of Terror -
Robespierre killed
Robespierre is Overthrown and killed -
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the establishment of The Directory
the French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years which consisted of 5 people -
Napoleonic Code started
the French civil code established under Napoleon I in 1804. It was drafted by a commission of four eminent jurists and entered into force on 21 March 1804. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor (the first time)
in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years -
Continental System
in the Napoleonic wars, the blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce. -
Napoleon Exiled
the Allies then invaded France and captured Paris in the spring of 1814, forcing Napoleon to abdicate in April. He was exiled to the island of Elba near Rome and the Bourbon monarchs were restored to power. -
Waterloo
the Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands -
Napoleon’s Death
Napoleon is exiled and five years later he dies at age 51 of a stomach ulcer