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Womans March on Versailles
Credited to forcing the royalty to move their usual seat in their role in government -
Meeting with the Estates-General
The heads of each estates of france came together to discuss problems. -
Tennis Court Oath
A great act of defiance done by the french people. -
Storming of bastille
Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Basically the declaration of independence of the drench revolution -
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Reign of Terror
First second and third estate members were targeted. As a result paranoia and mistrust spread across the people of france -
Execution of King Louis XVI
On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed. -
Maximillian Robespierre's execution
On July 28, 1794, Maximillian Robespierre's execution happened -
Napoleonic Code is established
The Napoleonic Code is established, meaning a diversity of laws -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon declares and takes over leadership in france -
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Peninsular War
that part of the Napoleonic Wars fought in the Iberian Peninsula, where the French were opposed by British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces. But in the end, Vitoria, Spain, a massive allied British, Portuguese, and Spanish force under British General Arthur Wellesley routs the French, effectively ending the Peninsular War. -
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Napoleon Invades russia
On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French. -
Napoleon is exiled to Elba
On April 11, 1814, 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. -
Napoleon dies
In October 1815, Napoleon was exiled to the remote, British-held island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. He died there on May 5, 1821, at age 51, most likely from stomach cancer.