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National Constituent Assembly
Was a constituent assembly in the Kingdom of France formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789 during the first stages of the French Revolution. It dissolved on 30 September 1791 and was succeeded by the Legislative Assembly. -
Formal opening of the Estates General
The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution. On 4 May 1789 the last grand ceremony of the Ancien Régime was held in Versailles: the procession of the Estates General. From all over France, 1,200 deputies had arrived for the event -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a key moment that set off the French Revolution. On June 20, 1789, the Tennis Court Oath was taken. There, the men of the National Assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents stormed and seized control of the medieval armoury.
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The August Decrease
The August Decrees were nineteen decrees made on 4–11 August 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly during the French Revolution. There were 18 decrees or articles adopted concerning the abolition of feudalism, other privileges of the nobility, and seigneurial rights -
The Decalration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen came into existence in the summer of 1789, born of an idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution, and precede it with a declaration of principles -
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Legislative Assembly
Was the legislature of the Kingdom of France from 1 October 1791 to 20 September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution. It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention -
The Fight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes was a pivotal moment of the French Revolution (1789-1799), in which King Louis XVI of France (1774-92), his wife Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-93), and their children attempted to escape from Paris on the night of 20-21 June 1791. They made it to the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were arrested and returned to Paris -
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1st French Republic
The First Republic, officially the French Republic, was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution -
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National Convention
The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy -
The Assembly declarates war on Australia
The French Revolutionary Wars began on 20 April 1792 when the French Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria. This launched the War of the First Coalition. The Kingdom of Great Britain, Spain, Portugal and Holland joined the coalition due to King Louis XVI being executed -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
Was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic -
Execution of Louis XVI
He was brought to trail for treason and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. His wife, Mary Antoinette, was executed in the same way nine months later -
Execution of Robespierre
The bloodshed did not end until Robespierre himself was executed on July 28, 1794, never having deviated from his quest for a virtuous France -
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Directory
Was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 26 October 1795 until 10 November 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate -
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The Napoleonic Era
Napoleon ruled for 15 years, closing out the quarter-century so dominated by the French Revolution -
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The Consulate
The Consulate was the top-level Government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire on 10 November 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire on 18 May 1804 -
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The Empire
French Empire refer to French Empire, ruled by Napoleon I from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815 and by Napoleon II in 1815, the French state from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815 -
Battle of Austerlitz
The decisive victory of Napoleon at Austerlitz brought the War of the Third Coalition to a rapid end, with the Treaty of Pressburg signed by the Austrians later in the month -
Battle of Trafalgar
Sucedida en 1805 frente a las costas de Cádiz, la batalla naval de Trafalgar fue una de las mayores de la historia. España, aliada con la Francia napoleónica, le había declarado la guerra al Reino Unido, pero las tropas del almirante británico Horatio Nelson derrotaron a la flota franco-española -
Battle of Leipzig
The battle marked the climax of the campaigns in Germany that began in the wake of Napoleon's disaster in Russia in 1812. Early in 1813, Russian forces, soon joined by the revitalized Prussian army, pursued the defeated French into central Germany -
Battle of Waterloo
On June 18, 1815, the French army commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the British and Prussian armies in the Waterloo War. The defeat ended the 23-year war between France and the allied European states