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The palace of Versailles was built for king Louis xiii and his family -
King Louis married Marie Antoinette the wedding took place on May -
It was an idea of the Constituent Assembly which was formed by the Estates General to draft a new Constitution and precede it with a declaration of principles -
The French Revolution took place leading to the rise of Napoleon
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Representatives of the non-clergy and non-nobles of France swore they would not disperse until a constitution was established for France -
Hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille a state prison seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners this resulted in a multitude of social economic and political crises -
Women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles. This became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris -
The monarchy was formally abolished Louis XVI then later died at the guillotine -
The public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary suspects -
Overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate making way for the despotism of Napoleon -
This code addressed mainly matters relating to property and families -
He is regarded as one of the best military leaders of all time
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During the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself -
Napoleon's army eventually reached a Moscow abandoned and destroyed by the Russian army based on the scorched-earth policy -
Napoleon abdicates the throne and is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba -
The Battle of Waterloo was fought between Napoleon's army and it destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever