The 19th century (The French Rev. and liberal rev.) By Sandrixx8 1789 Storming of the Bastille (14 July) and Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (26 Aug.) Period: 1789 to 1799 French Revolution Period: 1799 to 1804 Consulate Period: 1799 to 1815 Napoleonic Period 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor Period: 1804 to 1815 Empire 1812 Maximum extent of the Napoleonic Empire 1815 Congress of Vienna. Holly Alliance Period: 1815 to 1848 Absolutists restorations and liberal revolutions 1830 Liberal revolution in France 1848 Democratic rev. in France and in other western European countries. Liberal and nationalist rev. in the Austrian Empire Period: 1848 to 1880 National unifications 1870 Italian unification 1871 German unification