Phases of the French Revolution By jocelyn12 1789 Great Fear sweeps France 1789 Estates-General meets 1789 National Assembly is formed 1789 Citizens storm the Bastille 1789 Poor women of Paris march on Versailles 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man Issued Period: 1789 to 1791 National Assembly (moderate phase) 1790 Directory takes power 1790 Civil Constitution of the Clergy adopted 1791 Third Constitution is adopted 1791 Royal family confined to Tuileries 1791 Constitution creates limited monarchy 1791 Royal family attempts to flee France 1792 Paris mob invades the Tuileries Palace 1792 Citizens attack Paris prisons 1792 Louis XVI beheaded 1792 France becomes a republic Period: 1792 to 1794 National Assembly (radical phase) 1793 Marie Antoinette is beheaded 1793 Committee of Republic Safety is created 1794 Reign of Terror 1794 Robespierre is beheaded Period: 1794 to 1799 Directory (reaction phase) 1798 Napoleon leads invasion of Egypt 1799 Napoleon named Consul for life 1799 Napoleon becomes First Consul Period: 1799 to 1815 Age of Napoleon phase 1801 Concordat with Catholic Church 1804 Napoleon becomes emporer 1804 Napoleonic Code adopted 1805 Battles of of Austerlitz 1805 Battle of Trafalgar 1812 Napoleon invades Russia, retreats 1813 Napoleon is sent into exile, St. Helena 1814 Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII takes throne 1815 Napoleon's army invades Spain 1815 Napoleon returns from Elba exile 1815 Battle of Waterloo 1821 Napoleon dies
