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It occurred in Paris, when revolutionaries took control of a political prison know as "La Bastille". This was very important, because "La Bastille" represented royal authority and was the main symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power. The Storming of the Bastille is the beginning of the French Revolution. -
During the French Revolution, the feudal system, used since the Middle Ages, was abolished. The National Constituent Assembly, announced that the privileges of the Second Estate (the nobility) and the First Estate (the clergy) were abolished. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was set by France's National Constituent Assembly. It was a document written during the French Revolution, where human civil rights are listed. It was mainly inspired by Enlightenment philosophers, and it was a statement of the values of the French Revolution. The text is still in use and had a big impact all around the world. Even though women were excluded, it was the beginning of a new era of democracy and individual rights. -
The march was principally held by women, who were protesting over the high price of bread. Encouraged by revolutionary agitators, they took weapons and marched on the Palace of Versailles. Their demands were listened and King Louis XVI was forced to return to the capital. -
The Constituent Assembly passed a decree that placed all Church property at the disposition of the nation. This new law completed the destruction of the monastic orders: it made bishops and priests elected. The church lost much of the authority it had to govern itself and was now subject to the people, since they would vote on the priest and bishops as opposed to these individuals being appointed by the church and the hierarchy within. -
In 1791 Madame Roland, known for her intelligence and her great political analyses decided to host her own salon in her home in order to make important meetings to speak about politics and other important subjects. -
In 1791, Olympe de Gouges, a political activist that fought for women's rights and abolition of slavery, decided to publish the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen in order to include women on the Declaration of the Rights of Men published in 1789. -
The European countries fought against France in order to get some part of the French territory. The plan of these countries was to appropriate some land from France after a defeat, but this never occurred. -
It was a very important moment in the French Revolution: the armed revolutionaries took over the Tuileries Palace. This conflict forced to abolish the monarchy. It was the beginning of the first republic. -
During the Revolutionary Wars, the Battle of Valmy was the major victory by the army of France. The battle was caused by the arrival of Prussian troops to Paris. The French army stopped the advance of the troops in the village of Valmy. The victory of the French on the Prussians made the National Convention declare the end of monarchy in France and to establish the French Republic. -
It was a period of the French Revolution that followed the creation of the First Republic. During the Reign of Terror, several massacres and executions took place because of the accusations of treason made by the Committee of Public Safety.
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The execution of Louis XVI by guillotine was a major event of the French Revolution. The King was executed publicly at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. It was the first time in French history that a king was executed. -
The trial against the Girondins began on 24 October 1793. On 31 October, the Girondins were finally borne to the guillotine All of them were decapitated. -
It all begging with the address to the National Convention by Robespierre, he was arrested the next day, and was executed the 28 July 1794. The other Montagnards' leaders were also executed. -
General Napoleon Bonaparte took the power and became the First Consul of France. This is considered as the end of the French Revolution. The Directory was replaced by the French Consulate. -
The Consulate was the Government of France, that replaced the Directory avec the Coup d'État de Napoléon Bonaparte. The Consulate was finally replaced by the Napoleonic Empire.
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It was an agreement between Napoléon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII. The Concordat allowed national reconciliation between revolutionaries and Catholics. Catholic clergy returned from exile, and took again the traditional positions in the churches. -
Napoleon took the title of Emperor of the French. It was the end of the French Consulate and of the beginning of the French First Republic. -
The First French Empire, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French. -
It was an international diplomatic conference that was made in order to reconstitute political order in Europe after the abdication of Napoleon I.
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The empereur of the French people decides to abandon the power after ils defeat during the Campaign in north-east France and the allied invasion. -
Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition (United Kingdom and the Netherlands). This event was the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars. -
The greeks claimed their independence to the Ottoman Empire in a series of battles that lasted for eight years. They were assisted by the British Empire, France, and Russia. The war led to the formation of modern Greece.
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It was the killing of the inhabitants of the island of Chios by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence. The massacre provoked international awareness across the Western world, and some countries of Europe increased their support for the Greek Revolution. -
It was a second French Revolution that led to the overthrow of Charles X, after he tried to limit the public liberties. There was a transition of power from the House of Bourbon to the House of Orléans. Other countries in Europe joined the revolution in order to obtain politic rights. -
The French army conquest Algeria and had under their control the territory for 73 years. Military forces eliminated resistance in the interior of the country, and local people were forced to work in terrible conditions. -
Greece is finally independent from the Ottoman Empire. It is recognised as an independent country by the other nations in Europe. -
It is the period of Queen Victoria's reign. The reign of queen Victoria was longer than any previous British monarch. During the Victorian era, the United Kingdom met new industrial, political, scientific, and military reforms. The empire had a great expansion during this period.
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It was a war between Britain and the China because of Britain's determination to force opium sales on China in order to get other silver in exchange. -
It was a law applied to miners, banning children under the age of ten as well as women from working underground. -
It was a period of famine, starvation and disease in Ireland. During this famine, about 1 million people died, causing the country's population to fall. Also, many people left the country creating a big exodus.
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They were a series of political revolutions all around Europe in order to remove the monarchical structures and create independent nations. It was the biggest revolutionary wave in European history.
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It was the second republican government of France, established by the February Revolution. It lasted until 1851, when Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaimed himself Emperor Napoleon III.
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In France, 1794 the National Convention made a law abolishing slavery in the French colonies. But it was not followed at the time. On 1831, a law abolished the slave trade and created measures against slave traders. But the status of slave was not yet a full erased. After Louis-Philippe's reign, the official procedures for abolishing slavery were set in motion, and slavery was finally abolished on 4 March 1848. -
Universal suffrage gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, but women were excluded from that right. However, it was a big step for democracy. -
It was a series of protests by French workers because of the plans to close the National Workshops, created in order to provide work and an income for the unemployed. -
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte pas the fort président chose by the French thanks to masculin universal suffrage. -
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, president of France made a coup d'état and dissolved the National Assembly. He created the Second French Empire the next year after he took the power. -
The Second French Empire was an imperial regime ruled by Napoleon III during 18 years.
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The French Third Republic was the system of government that was adopted during the Franco-Prussian War until the formation of the Vichy government during World War 2.
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Queen Vitoria was assigned with the title Empress of India by the British Parliament. -
It was as series of disputes between Britain and France after the French army decided to invade Fashoda, a territory controlled by the British. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina). This murder initiated the First World War. -
It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, because of the new technologies employed. Several countries of Europe were involved in this war that ended with the armistice signed by all the countries.
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It was a period of political and social revolution in Russia: the Russia's monarchy was abolished and the country adopted a socialist form of government. -
The United States got into World War I more than two years after the start of the war. This is an essential event because the entry of the United States to the war was the reason why the allies won the war.