rylei By rylei 1631 Palace of Versailles built Palace of Versailles built 1682 When King Louis moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles 1789 Tennis Court Oath 1789 When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written 1789 Women’s March on Versailles 1793 King Louis XVI is executed 1799 Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory. 1804 Creation of the Napoleonic Code 1804 Napoleon crowns himself emperor. 1812 Defeat in Russian Campaign 1815 Battle of Waterloo