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King Louis XIV wants to build a palace for parties and other royal get together. After a while, he would move into this palace which helped kick start the French Revolution. -
King Louis moves from the capital of France, Paris, to the newly built Palace of Versailles. He did this to keep an eye on the nobles but it also helped people begin to disapprove of the king. -
The marriage of the very young king of France and the Princess from Austria, brought together to help political matters. These two would be in charge when the French Revolution started. -
The French Revolution was a period of major social upheaval that began in 1787 and ended in 1799. It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power.
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The Tennis Court Oath was a commitment to a national constitution and representative government, taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles. It has become one of the most iconic scenes of the French Revolution.
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The main reason why the rebel Parisians stormed the Bastille was not to free any prisoners but to get ammunition and arms. At the time, over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder was stored at the Bastille. This armed the Parisian rebels, allowing the possibility of a successful offensive attack.
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On August 26, 1789, the French National Constituent Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. This shows the revolutionary thinking of the French people during this time. -
In October 1789, thousands of Parisians, many of them women, embarked on a 12-mile march to Versailles, the residence of the French King Louis XVI and the National Constituent Assembly. Driven to desperation by food shortages, they hoped the king would intervene – but some had more sinister ambitions. -
In November 1792, a secret cupboard containing proof of Louis' counter-revolutionary beliefs and correspondence with foreign powers was discovered in Tuileries Palace. He was brought to trail for treason and executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793.
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The Reign of Terror, also called the Terror, was a period of state sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution. Between Sept. 5, 1793, and July 27, 1794, France's revolutionary government ordered the arrest and execution of thousands of people.
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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 launched a coup d'etat that 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.
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The coup d'état that 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 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. -
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. 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.
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Napoleon's invasion of Russia is one of the best studied military campaigns in history. The first wave of the multinational Grande Armée crossed the Niemen into Russia. -
he Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe. This was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's reign.
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Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped to France in early 1815 and raised a new Grand Army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo against an allied force under Wellington. Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa.
