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French and Indian War
The Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) lasted from 1756 to 1763, forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War. -
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Louis XVI
Louis XVI was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as Citizen Louis Capet during the final weeks of his life. -
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. -
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Maximilen Robespierre
Maximilen Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician who is best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution. -
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. After seizing political power in a 1799 coup d'etat, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate, which had the most representatives, declared itself the National Assembly and took an oath to force a new constitution on the king. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of July 14, 1789. A state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
Its 17 articles, adopted between August 20 and August 26, 1789, by France’s National Assembly, served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1791. -
Women's March on Versailles
On October 4,1789, a crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians, including some men, and marched toward Versailles, arriving soaking wet from the rain. -
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Reign of Terror
After the death of Louis XVI in 1793, the Reign of Terror began. The first victim was Marie Antoinette. She had been imprisoned with her children after she was separated from Louis. First they took her son Louis Charles. -
Battle of Trafalgar
In one of the most decisive naval battles in history, a British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, fought off the coast of Spain. -
Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. -
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Invasion of Russia
After taking power in 1799, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte won a string of military victories that gave him control over most of Europe. He annexed present-day Belgium and Holland, along with large chunks of present-day Italy, Croatia and Germany, and he set up dependencies in Switzerland, Poland and various German states. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to Elba
Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to St. Helena
The Allies then invaded France and captured Paris in the spring of 1814, forcing Napoleon to abdicate in April.
