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Louis XVI is crowned king of France
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King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI Reign -
Bastille is attacked
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Great fear
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The Declaration of rights of man is written
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War with Austria
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King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are executed
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Reign of Terror
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Maximilien Robespierre is executed
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Napoleon is appointed to be commander of the French military
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Napoleon
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
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Continental system is put into place
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France invades Russia
At nearly half a million strong, the Grande Armée marched through Western Russia -
Napoleon enters Moscow
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Napoleon is exiled to Elba
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Napoleon escapes Elba
In late February a little flotilla of six vessels left Elba -
Napoleon dies on St.Helena
