Phases of the French Revolution By clara-whyman 1789 Great Fear sweeps France 1789 Estates-General meets 1789 National Assembly is formed 1789 Citizens storm the Bastille 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man issued 1789 Poor women of Paris march on Versailles 1789 Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt 1790 Directory takes power 1790 Civil Constitution of the Clergy adopted 1791 Constitution creates limited monarchy 1791 Royal Family attempts to flee France 1791 Third Constitution adpoted 1791 Royal family confined to Tuileries 1792 Paris mob invades Tuileries palace 1792 France becomes a republic 1792 Louis XVI beheaded 1792 Citizens attack Paris prisons 1793 Marie Antoinette is beheaded 1793 Committee of Public Safety is created 1794 Reign of Terror 1794 Robespierre is beheaded 1799 Napoleon becomes first consul 1799 Napoleon named consul for life 1801 Concordat with Catholic Church 1804 Napoleon becomes emperor 1804 Napoleonic Code adopted 1805 Battles of Austerlitz and Trafalgar 1808 Napoleon's army invades Spain 1812 Napoleon invades Russia, retreats 1813 Napoleon is sent to exile, St. Helena 1814 Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne 1815 Napoleon returns form Elba exile 1815 Battle of Waterloo 1821 Napoleon dies
