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Louis XVI was made King of France.
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The Calling of the Estates General was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates General. These Estates were made up of three Estates known as The First Estate (clergy) The Second Estate (Nobles) and the Third Estate (The common people).
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The National Assembly was the name of the assembly formed by the Third Estate on June 17-July 9 of 1789.
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This Oath was a pledge signed by 576 out of 577 members from the third estate who apparently were locked out of themeeting of the estates general on June 20, 1789.
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This Storming of the Bastille took place on July 14, 1789 in Paris, France. There were only seven prisoners at the time. This was a flashpoint of the French revolution. This was a symbol of abuse to the monarchy.
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The Great Fear in 1789 was a riot of panicking peasants and other rumors of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king who apparently privileged to overthrow the Third Estate
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An angry mob of armed women nearly up to 7,000 of them, marched to from Paris to Versailles. This was about two hundred and twenty-five years ago._
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King Louis XVI felt threatened by the Declaration of Pillnitz. Therefore, he rallied the Legislative Assembly to declar war against Austria.
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From September 21, 1792 to October 26, 1795, The National Convention was a single-chamber assembly in France.
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By means of the guillotine, Louis XVI’s execution took place January 21, 1793 at Revolution Square. He was arrested and placed in the Temple Prison with his family where he tried for treason before the National Convention.
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The Reign of Terror lasted from September 1793 until the falling of Robespierre in 1794. Its purpose was to protect the country from foreign invaders, creating a purge of France’s enemies.
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The parliamentary revolt initiated, which resulted in the fall of Maximilien Robespierre and the collapse of The Reign of Terror in France.
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The Constitution of Year III that created a government that lasted for four years, This included a bicameral legislature which was also known as Corps Legislatif.
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Napoleon took power in France November in the year of 1799. On the Imperial Throne The coup of 18/19 of the republican calendar, where it is taken to mark the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of his dictatorship.
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When he invaded Russia in 1812, history tells us that Napoleon and his army marched down to Moscow where they then retreated because the citizens of Moscow burned three-fourths of the city. This deprived the army of food and supplies where the harsh winter also devastated the army. They then retreated once again.
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The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who had conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century.
