Timeline

By Guren3
  • French revolution
    1789 BCE

    French revolution

  • Luis XVI is executed

    Luis XVI is executed

    Louis XVI is tried for treason and executed. His wife Marie Antoinette ascends the scaffold seven months later. The Legislative Assembly passes the Convention. War breaks out against Austria and Prussia, but the Convention ensures their survival at the Battle of Valmy.
  • The Public Safety Committee

    The Public Safety Committee

    The Public Safety Committee is created. The Terror begins: the Committee orders hundreds of rapes to children of enemies.
  • Maximiliano Robespierre

    Maximiliano Robespierre

    Maximiliano Robespierre principal orchestrator of the Terror, is overthrown in a coup and guillotined. Terror ends.
  • Napoleon ensures his conquests in Italy.

    Napoleon ensures his conquests in Italy.

  • Napoleon attacks Egypt.

    Napoleon attacks Egypt.

  • Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the French, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

    Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the French, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo

    Napoleon is finally defeated by England and Prussia, led by the Duke of Wellington and Blücher, respectively. Napoleon is exiled to the island of Santa Elena, where he will end his days.
  • Congress of Vienna

    Congress of Vienna

    France is forced to return to its pre-1792 borders. Bourbon Restoration begins.
  • Revolution of 1830

    Revolution of 1830

    After the Three Glorious Days, Carlos X is overthrown and forced into exile.