French Revolution Timeline

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  • Thomas Hobbes writes "Leviathan"

  • John Locke writes "Two Treatises of Governent"

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    War of the Austrian Succession

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    Seven Years War

  • Rousseau writes "The Social Contract"

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    American Revolution

  • Louis XVI marries Maria Antoinette

  • Louis XVI becomes king

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Estates-General meets

  • National Assembly declared

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    National Assembly

  • Tennis-Court Oath

  • National Constituent formed

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    National Constituent Assembly

  • Jaques Necker dismissed

  • Storming of the Bastille

  • March on Versailles

  • Bread Riots

  • Church property nationalized

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    Legeslative Assembly

  • French declare war on Austria

  • First use of the guillotine

  • Brunswick Manifesto issued

  • Sans-Cullottes invades Tuilleries

  • Battle of Valmy

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    National Convention

  • Execution of Marie Antoinette

  • France declared a Republic

  • Execution of Louis XVI

  • France declares war on Great Britain, Holland, and Spain

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    Committee of Public Safety

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

  • Assassination of Marat

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    Reign of Terror

  • Battle of Fleurus

  • Execution of Robespierre

  • Peace of Basel

  • Annexation of Belgium

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    French Directory

  • Napoleon invades Italy

  • Napoleon comes to power

  • Napoleon loses at Waterloo