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Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.
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The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the October March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest
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The heads of every estate in France met to try to reform the government and economy. it pushed the French Revolution forward because when the 3rd Estate realized they were being ignores,they broke away the government
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The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison
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Louis XVI was guillotined in the Place de la Révolution on January 21, 1793. His wife, Marie Antoinette, met the same fate nine months later, on October 16, 1793. Their young son, Louis-Charles, died in prison where living conditions were horrible.
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The Reign of Terror instituted the conscripted army, which saved France from invasion by other countries and in that sense preserved the Revolution
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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, by guillotine on July 28, 1794.
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Napoleonic Code, French Code Napoléon, French civil code enacted on March 21, 1804, 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.
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On May 18, 1804, 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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the military conflict fought by Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against the invading and occupying forces
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Through a series of long forced marches, Napoleon pushed his army rapidly through Western Russia in a futile attempt to destroy
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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
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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