French Revolution

By petlover

  • 1789 July

    Estates General meets
  • 1789 aug

    1789 aug

    National Assembly is formed

  • 1789 July-Aug

    Great Fer Sweeps France

  • citizens storm the Bastille

  • Declaration of Rights of Man

    Declaration of Rights of Man

  • Royal Family confined to Tuileries

  • Poor women of Paris march on Versailles

  • Period: to

    Moderate

    Moderate
  • Period: to

    Age of Napoleon

    Age of Napoleon

  • Constitution creates a limited monarchy

  • Royal Family attempts to flee France

  • Third Constitution is adopted

  • France becomes a republic

    France becomes a republic

  • Paris mob invades Tuileries palace

    Paris mob invades Tuileries palace

  • Period: to

    Radical

    Radical

  • Louis XVI beheaded

  • Marie Antoinette is beheaded

  • Reign of Terror

  • Committee of Public Safety is created

    Committee of Public Safety is created

  • Robespierre is beheaded

  • Period: to

    Reaction

    Reaction
  • Napoleon invades Egypt

    Napoleon invades Egypt

  • Directory takes power

  • Concordat with the Catholic Church

  • Napoleon named Consul for life

  • Napoleon becomes Emperor

  • Napoleonic Code

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    Battle of Austerlitz

  • Battle of Trafalgar

  • Napoleon becomes 1st Consul

  • Napoleon invades Spain

  • Napoleon invades Russia

    Napoleon invades Russia

  • Napoleon Retreat From Russia

  • Battle of Leipzig

  • Napoleon abdicates the throne and Louis XVIII takes the throne

  • Napoleon is exiled to Elba

  • Batter of Waterloo

    Batter of Waterloo

    Napoleon's final loss in war

  • Napoleon exiled to st.Elena

  • Napoleon returns from Elba

  • Napoleon dies

  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted

    Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted