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King Louis XVI gets married
King Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette on April 19, 1770 at the Augustine Church in Vienna. -
King Louis XVI becomes King
King Louis XVI took the throne on May 10, 1774 after his grandfather died. At the age of 20, he was NOT ready to be a king. Only God knew what would lay ahead. -
King Louis XVI raises taxes
King Louis XVI decided to raise taxes on the people after declaring bankruptsy in 1789. -
King Louis XVI Locks doors to the delegates meeting point.
King Louis XVI and the Second Estate tried to prevent the delegates from meeting by locking the doors to the place where they were to meet, which led to the Tennis Court Oath. -
Tennis Court Oath
On June 20, 1789 National Assembly members take Tennis Court Oath, pledging to create new constitution. -
Bastille is attacked
Peasents attacked the Bastille in search of gun powder for their muskets. -
Famous Bread March
October 5 Parisian women march to Versailles in response to food crisis. -
Decleration Of The Rights Of Man
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen issued. , A document that guaranteed due process in judicial matters and established sovereignty among the French people. -
Royal family tries to escape
In late June 1791, Louis XVI and his family attempted to escape to the Austrian border, where they were supposed to meet the Austrian army and arrange an attack on the revolutionaries. However, the runaway party was caught just before reaching the border and brought back to Tuileries in Paris. -
Constitution of 1791
In September 1791, the National Assembly released its much-anticipated Constitution of 1791, which created a constitutional monarchy, or limited monarchy, for France. This move allowed King Louis XVI to maintain control of the country, even though he and his ministers would have to answer to new legislature, which the new constitution dubbed the Legislative Assembly. The constitution also succeeded in eliminating the nobility as a legal order and struck down monopolies and guilds. It established -
France goes to war
France went to war with Austria & Prussia after King Louis XVI is killed. -
King Louis XVI is killed
King Louis XVI is killed after he is forced to sign the decleration of the rights of man. -
Reign Of Terror
Was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. -
Marie Antoinette is exicuted
On October 16, 1793, King Louis XVI's wife, Marie Antoinette, met the same fate as her husband, the guillotine. -
France becomes a constitutional monarchy
The French Revolution ended in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte came to power changing France from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. -
Napoleon Bonaparte becomes king of France
Napoleon Bonaparte became a king for the people ending the French Revolution.
