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Napoleon ended up at the military college of Brienne, where he studied for five years, before moving on to the military academy in Paris.
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in 1789, he was almost unanimously revered during his lifetime and until the end of the Second Empire under his nephew Napoleon III as one of history’s great heroes.
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The Storming of the Bastille was the Parisian people assault on the Bastille, which was a Paris prison. It was caused by Necker’s dismissal on July 11, 1789, which provoked the storming of the Bastille.
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Louis signed the Declaration of the Rights of Man to make the women stop but they did not desist.
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National Assembly decrees Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
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The market women and their various allies grew into a mob of thousands and, encouraged by revolutionary agitators, they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles.
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The royal family was forcibly transferred from Versailles to Paris.
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anywhere from 1790 to 1791- Church property became a major focus of the mobs' anger. The mobs destroyed many churches, cathedrals and monasteries. Many artistic and historic treasures were looted, burnt or smashed - a heritage built up from the Middle ages lost for ever.
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first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the Absolute Monarchy of the Ancien Régime. One of the basic precepts of the revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty, following the steps of the United States of America.
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First Republic, officially the French Republic , was founded on 22 September 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I.
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Robespierre was elected to CPS.
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Robespierre led the Reign of Terror to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders.
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The Reign of Terror begins when Robespierre declares Terror "the order of the day." This marks the beginning of almost two years of repressing perceived enemies of the Revolution. It will claim an estimated 18,500-40,000 lives before its end in July 1794.
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Marie was executed by the guillotine on this day, and was disrespected by being brought in by an open carriage so everyone could see her.
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In December 1793, at the siege of Toulon, he played a major part in retaking this strategic port from the Royalists and their British allies. Within two years – in October 1795 – he had become Commander of the Army of the Interior, a remarkable achievement.
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The Directory was a body of five directors that held executive power in France following the National Convention and preceding the Consulate. The period of this regime, commonly known as the Directory era, constitutes the second to last stage of the French Revolution.
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Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy.
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Napoleon became emperor of france in 1804 and be stayed emperor until 1814, when he died.
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Napoleon consecrated as Emperor.
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Napoleon moved to Longwood House in December 1815; it had fallen into disrepair, and the location was damp, windswept and unhealthy.
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3 May two British physicians, who had recently arrived, attended on him but could only recommend palliatives. He died two days later, after confession
