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The French Revolution

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  • Estates General meet

    Estates General meet

  • Third Estate meets on their own

    Third Estate meets on their own

    calling themselves the commons
  • Bastille Day

    Bastille Day

    Citizens storm the Bastille fort to seize arms
  • KIng tries to escape

    KIng tries to escape

    The king and his family try to escape to Verennes
  • Declararion is written

    Declararion is written

  • France declares war on Austria and Prussia

    France declares war on Austria and Prussia

  • King Louis is beheaded

    King Louis is beheaded

    He and his wife Marie Antoinette are beheaded
  • The Jacobins seize control of France

    The Jacobins seize control of France

    A new group comes to power
  • Robespierre executed

    Robespierre executed

    leader of Jacobins dies
  • Constitution ratified

    Constitution ratified

  • Directory takes control

    Directory takes control

    The Executive Directory takes executive power of France
  • Marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais

    Marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais

  • Battle of Lodi

    Battle of Lodi

    Napolean is in Italy fighting
  • Battle of the Nile

    Battle of the Nile

    Nelson's victory isolates Napoleon in Egypt
  • Napolean returns to France

    Napolean returns to France

  • Constitution of the year VIII

    Constitution of the year VIII

    Leadership of Napoleon established under the Consulate. French Revolution may be considered ended.