Napoleon begins study at the royal military academy
Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery
Napoleon is given command of the French army in Italy
The Estates General
King Louis XVI call the Estates General together.
National Assembly
The National Assembly is formed.
National Assembly declares itself Constituent Assembly.
Armed Citizens storm the Bastille
The Great Fear begins
National Assembly decrees the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
Women Storm Versaille demanding bread
The royal family returns to Paris
Church loses land
(18th Brumaire) Napoleon Bonaparte named “First Consul,” now the effective dictator
Abolishment of the nobility and titles
Black Citizens of French colonies gain rights
Royal Family tries to leave France
King accepts the Constitution
France declares war on Austria
While in Paris with his regiment, Napoleon witnesses the storming of the Tuileries Palace and the dethroning of the French King, Louis XVI
Duke of Brunswick calls for allied attack on France
Jacobins storm the Tuileries Palace and imprison the king
General mobilisation,citizens sent to the front
Danton instigates the execution of about 1,200 prisoners locked up in Parisian prisons
French forces defeat the invading forces at Valmy
The Convention abolishes the monarchy, Day one of the Republican Calendar
“Edict of Fraternity” offers aid to “subject peoples.”
Trial of the king begins.
Louis XVI executed
France declares war on Britain and Holland.
Food riots in Paris
Committee of Public Safety established
Marat put on trial for complicity in September massacre but is acquitted
Maximum price of bread imposed
Accused of being too pro-French, Napoleon and his family flee their household in Corsica
Jacobin Constitution accepted by the Convention
Marat, “the people’s friend,” murdered by Charlotte Corday
Corday executed amid popular outrage
“Law of Suspects” initiates the Terror
Marie-Antoinette tried and executed
Festival of Liberty and Reason
Robespierre, the Committee of Public Safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Hébertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders. Robespierre becomes virtually the dictator
Robespierre decreed the new religion of the Supreme Being.
(22 Prairial) procedures for mass trial and execution implemented. Victims will go to the guillotine now in batches of 50 or 60 at a time. An estimated 2,750 are executed of whom the great majority are poor
(9th Thermidor) Convention calls for arrest of Robespierre. Robespierre attempts insurrection which flops, is arrested and executed. After about 150 of his supporters are done away with, the Terror is over
Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre
The Churches re-open for Christian worship
Napoleon is promoted to General of the Army of the West
Royalists attempt a coup and Napoleon Bonaparte makes his name suppressing the move with grapeshot. The popular party gains strength, Gracchus Babeuf is its spokesperson, holding running meetings at the Pantheon
The government assigns Napoleon the task of suppressing civil strife and rebellion against the Republic
Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy
Napoleon marries Josephine
He returns to Paris a hero
Napoleon begins his Egyptian campaign
Under the command of Admiral Nelson, the British fleet destroys the French navy in the Battle of Aboukir
Following a coup d'etat, Napoleon becomes First Consul of the new French government
Treaty with Austria signed at Luneville
Signing of the Concordat between France and Rome ends schism between the French government and the Catholic Church
Treaty of Amiens signed with Britain
Napoleon restructures French educational system
New constitution adopted, making Napoleon First Consul for life
France sells Louisiana territory to U.S.
Senate proclaims Napoleon Emperor
Napoleon names Joseph Bonaparte King of Spain, and Murat King of Naples
Napoleon consecrated as Emperor
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
Napoleon is crowned king of Italy in Milan
Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, king of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts
Napoleon's son born, referred to as the "King of Rome"
Grand Army enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and set aflame by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers devastating losses
Anti-French coalition army enters France
Paris falls
Senate proclaims end of the Empire; Napoleon's wife and son flee Paris.
Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne
Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna
Escaping Elba, Napoleon returns in South France
Napoleon dies
Napoleon rallies the French army
Louis XVIII flees, Napoleon takes control, begins "Hundred Days" campaign
Defeated in the Battle of Waterloo by the British and Prussians, led by Wellington and Blucher