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May 5th 1789. Meeting with state general
The heads of each estates of France meet to discuss issues in their life. Because nothing was accomplished, the 3rd Estate left the government to make their own government -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
Declaration of the Right of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. -
Women's March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the October March. October Days or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution, faught my women. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
The execution of Louis XVI by guillotine, a major event of the French Revolution, took place publicly at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. -
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reign of terror
the reign of terror was a period of many first, second, and third Estate members were targeted. As a result, paranoia and mistrust spread across the people of france -
Maximilien Robespierre's execution
After a year of harsh rule by Robespierre, many of the revolutionary leaders had had enough of the Terror. They turned on Robespierre and had him arrested. He was executed, along with many of his supporters, cause they were done. they used a guillotine to kill them. -
Napoleonic Code is established
Napoleonic Code, French Code Napoléon, French civil code enacted and still extant, with revisions. It was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America. -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
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. The royal court of the French Emperor became a public spectacle of pomp and elegance. -
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Peninsular War
A military conflict fought by Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against the invading and occupying forces of France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
Abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Napoleon died
Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. Six years later, he died, most likely of stomach cancer, and in 1840 his body was returned to Paris, where it was interred in the Hotel des Invalides.