Phases of the French Revolution

  • Great Fear sweeps France

    Great Fear sweeps France
  • Estates-General meets

  • National Assembly is formed

  • Citizens storm the Bastille

    Citizens storm the Bastille
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man issued

  • Poor women of Paris march on Versailles

  • Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt

    Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt
  • Directory takes power

  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy adopted

  • Constitution creates limited monarchy

  • Royal Family attempts to flee France

  • Third Constitution adpoted

  • Royal family confined to Tuileries

  • Paris mob invades Tuileries palace

    Paris mob invades Tuileries palace
  • France becomes a republic

  • Louis XVI beheaded

    Louis XVI beheaded
  • Citizens attack Paris prisons

  • Marie Antoinette is beheaded

  • Committee of Public Safety is created

  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror
  • Robespierre is beheaded

  • Napoleon becomes first consul

  • Napoleon named consul for life

  • Concordat with Catholic Church

  • Napoleon becomes emperor

    Napoleon becomes emperor
  • Napoleonic Code adopted

    Napoleonic Code adopted
  • Battles of Austerlitz and Trafalgar

  • Napoleon's army invades Spain

  • Napoleon invades Russia, retreats

  • Napoleon is sent to exile, St. Helena

  • Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne

    Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne
  • Napoleon returns form Elba exile

  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo
  • Napoleon dies