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Marie's birth
Marie Anotinette was the youngest of 11 daughters. Marie was born to Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and empress Maria Theresa. She was born in Vienna, which now is present day Austria, moved to Paris, France and became a french queen (Tyle 1,283). -
Eddystone Lighthouse
John Smeaton's lighthouse was the third one on the site. The first two had been burned down because both were made of timber. The lighthouse was made completely using man power, 40 years before battery-powered electricity became available (Grun 349). -
Bridgewater Canal finished
It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. The canal opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh. The Bridgewater Canal is considered to be the first "true" canal, it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, one of the first of its kind (Grun 353). -
Bengal Famine
In early 1770 there was starvation, but by mid-1770 deaths from starvation were occurring on a large scale. Later in 1770 good rainfall resulted in a good harvest and the famine dissolved. However, other shortfalls occurred in the following years, raising the total death toll. About 10 million people, approximately one-third of the population of the affected area, are estimated to have died in the famine (Grun 353). -
The Marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette attended her wedding, but her groom, Louis XVI, had a proxy in his place. The proxy was Maire's brother, Ferdinand, who stood in as the bridegroom. They were married in the Church of the Augustine Friars, Vienna. She was the only potential bride left in her family after all others were killed after contracting smallpox in 1767 (Farmer 128). -
Anne Lee
Ann Lee, or Mother Ann as she was known among the Shakers, began her intense spiritual journey among a very small group of English folk led by two charismatic individuals, Jane and James Wardley. They were known as Shaking Quakers. A small group of French "enthusiasts," or charismatics, known as the Camisards and led by Jean Cavalier were exiled to England in 1706 (Grun 358). -
Crowning of Louis XVI
Thr French Dauphin ascended the throne as Louis XVI. At the Cathedral of Rheims, "good Louis XVI", as his subjects called him, was crowned as king of France, making Marie, the queen. Their personalities were very different from one another. Louis was phllegmatic and withdrawn, but Marie was frivilous and imprudent. Marie bothered French aristocrats and nobles, who were upset over a recent allience with Austria (Byers 258). -
Diamond Necklace Affair
(1783-1785) Countess de Lamotte pursuaded Cardinal da Rohan that he would gain the Marie's favor by puchasing on her behalf, a necklace of 647 diamonda costing 1,600,00 livrs, $3,360,000 today. He dilievered the necklace in darkness to a conspirator impersonating the queen. When the jeweler went to collect from her the money due to him, Marie realized she unknowingly had been used in a gigantic swindle (Farmer 131). -
First school for the blind
In 1784 the first school for the blind was built in Paris.The children didn't just study at the school, they lived there as well. The Royal Institute for Blind Youth was taken over by the State during the French Revolutionun (Grun 365). -
French Economic Crisis
Marie and King Louis ageed to the return of Jacques Necker (1732-1804) as chief minister and to granting the Third Estate. The Third Estate represented the commoners of France. Marie Atninetter supported the court faction the insisted on keeping the royal family in power (Tyle 1,239). -
Queen attends Banquet
Queen Marie Antoinetter attended a banquet at Versailles, France. During which, 3 months after the start of the French Revolution, France was attacked and insulted. From then on revolutionary spies were constantly were in her household (Tyle 1,239). -
Antoinetter and Mirabeau
Honore Gabriel de Mirabeau was the ugliest man but most persuasive orator in France. Marie believed he and only he might be able to save the monchary. They arranged to meet at St. Cloud in July 1790, but the opportunity to keep or break the pledge was never given. Honore Gabriel de Mirabeau died in April 1971, thus bringing an end to the hopes of the kng and queen (Farmer 135). -
King and Queen are captured
Marie and Louis were captured at Varennes, a boarder town in France, trying to escape.This was the beginning of a number of unsuccessful attempts to escape. Marie knew France would be easily defeated, so, she favored a declaration of war against Austria in April 1792. The couple was jailed in various Parisian prisons (Tyle 1,240). -
Marie Antoinette's imprisonment
On August 13, 1792 Marie Antoinetter began her captivity. She was first imprisoned in the Temple with her family and after August 1, 1793 in the Conciergerie. Where she stayed until her death on October 16, 1793 -
King Louis XVI, sent to the guillotine
King Louis was imprisoned in the Temple while he was on trial, soo after he was found guilty. On the sorrowful night of January 20, 1793 King Louis XVI was allowed to see his wife and children for the last time. The next morning he died upon the guillotine (Farmer 137). -
Marie Antoinette's death
Marie Antoinette appeared before the Revolutionary Tribunal. She was charged with aiding the enemy and inciting civil war with France. The Rvolutionary Tribunal found her guilty and condemned her to death. On October 16,1793 she went to the guillotine where she died. She aroused sympathy by her dignity and courage in prison and before the executioner (Byers 258).